8.020,53 EUR
The salaries and allowances of the MEPs of the 27 EU states now total £137million. But this does not include the cost of the £217,000 office allowance available to each MEP. The report also looks at some of the extraordinary perks available to MPs in some national parliaments. The figure is almost ten times higher than the average EU wage of £18,617 a year. It is also 695 per cent higher than the average UK salary of £23,000. The biggest discrepancy is in Bulgaria, where the average wage is just £8,500 – less than a twentieth of the salary of an MEP. MEPs sitting in the European Parliament cost three times as much as Westminster MPs at a price tag of £1.79 million each a year, new figures show. The European Parliament building in Brussels (Alamy). In contrast, the combined cost of the House of Commons and House of Lords was £494 million last year. MEPs are also more highly paid than MPs, getting a salary of around £80,000 per year compared with £65,738 in Westminster. UK MEPs also pay National Insurance contributions under the UK system and the difference between EU and national tax, so the total amount of tax is as for an equivalent UK salary. The salary level is based on 38.5% of the basic salary of a judge at the European Court of Justice and is changed in line with that salary. This was the level agreed with national governments when the changes were introduced. MEPs do not vote separately on their own salary. For starters, the annual pre-tax salary for an MEP is currently €96,246.36 (£78,000, $131,500). The basic salary is fixed to 38.5% of that of a judge at the European Court of Justice. That compares to a £27,000 (€33,370) average gross annual salary in the UK, assuming you have a full-time job. So an MEP earns three times more a year than the average worker in Britain. Mais non, mes amis. As it stands, the EU – so taxpayers – pop 3.5% of the annual salary into a pension for MEPs. Assuming an MEP even lives this long, after years of boshing back as much complimentary vino, cheese and cured meat as they can get hold of, they can retire at 63 on that European Parliament pension. Bon voyage. Basic salary: 8.020,53 EUR. Indeed the Parliament’s website indicates that the monthly pre-tax salary of MEPs currently is 8.020,53 EUR – set at 38.5% of the basic salary of a judge at the European Court of Justice. This salary is subject to an EU tax and accident insurance contribution, after which 6.250,37 EUR remain. MEP’s and Presidents make a lot of money. The amounts are not in relation at all with their presence in the EP. Belgium MEP Verhofstadt scores 16% presence, which – obviously – is a great underscore for serious politicians. MEPs are reimbursed for all travel from their home to the European Parliament in either Brussels or Strasbourg. Travel within their own Member State is also reimbursed. This covers up to 24 return flights per year and up to 24.000km travelled in their own car, which would be reimbursed at 12.000 EUR (0,50 EUR/km). MEP’s and Presidents make a lot of money. The amounts are not in relation at all with their presence in the EP. Belgium MEP Verhofstadt scores 16% presence, which – obviously – is a great underscore for serious politicians. Indeed the Parliament’s website indicates that the monthly pre-tax salary of MEPs currently is 8.020,53 EUR – set at 38.5% of the basic salary of a judge at the European Court of Justice. MEP’s and Presidents make a lot of money. The amounts are not in relation at all with their presence in the EP. Belgium MEP Verhofstadt scores 16% presence, which – obviously – is a great underscore for serious politicians. Personal Income. MEPs are paid a salary fixed at the rate of 38.5% of the basic salary of a judge serving on the European Court of Justice. In March 2012 this amounted to €7,957 per month. The actual payment to British MEPs depends on the value of the euro compared to the pound, and varies from month to month. This allowance is paid only when the MEP is working in the Parliament in Brussels or Strasbourg. To obtain this they must sign a register at any time between the hours of 7am and 11pm on working days to indicate that they have been in the Parliament building for all or part of each day.
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