£1.2 million bill as Euro MPs go on a "jolly" to Uruguay...

A PLANNED “jolly” for MEPs said to be costing taxpayers up to £1.2million was condemned as “outrageous” yesterday.

The three-day jaunt to Montevideo in Uruguay is being run by the EuroLat Assembly which aims to strengthen links between European Parliamentarians and their Latin American counterparts.

There are 75 MEPs from across the EU who are full members of the European Parliament’s half of the Assembly, including one British Conservative, Emma McClarkin. More...

More...

1. Backlash against perks for EU officials...
2. Bailed out Irish bankers get £34m bonus...
3. Nigel Farage to Euro MPs: Who the hell do you think you are?
4. European Union MPs squander millions on absurd projects...
5. Mandelson is still being paid £8,000-a-month by EU two years after quitting Brussels..