Noticias Cuatro | 09/08/2017 Spanish - Los miembros de la Comisión Europea gastaron casi 500.000 euros entre enero y febrero de 2016 en viajes oficiales, según la información que ha obtenido la organización española Access Info, aportada por el Ejecutivo comunitario, y que ha publicado la revista belga 'Knack'. Read more...
Finans | 14/08/2017 Danish - EU's kommissionsformand Jean-Claude Juncker sidste år skulle en tur til Rom fra sin arbejdsplads i Bruxelles, så han ingen anden mulighed end at leje et privatfly. Ruten, der tager ca. 2 timer at flyve, endte dermed at koste skatteborgerne i EU næsten 200.000 kr. Read more...
RT News | 11/08/2017 English - EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini are in the center of a controversy for spending many thousands of euros on private charters as part of official missions, an information inquiry reveals.
RT UK | 11/08/2017 English - New figures released show EU officials have been racking up huge spending bills on private jets and visits in January and February of this year. Andreas Pavlou, a researcher for Access Info Europe, says they asked for spending of the whole of 2016 but their requests were denied.
Media Part | 10/08/2017 French - Jean-Claude Juncker, le patron de la Commission, se trouve épinglé pour un bref voyage officiel à Rome avec son équipe, qui a coûté près de 27 000 euros en février 2016. Une ONG mène la bataille pour forcer la Commission à dévoiler l’intégralité des dépenses de mission, au nom du contrôle de l’argent public. Read more...
The Telegraph | 10/08/2017 English - The European Union is facing an expenses scandal after it had to admit that its senior officials had claimed tens of thousands of pounds to hire private jets and stay at luxury hotels. Read more...
RT News | 10/08/2017 English - EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini are in the center of a controversy for spending many thousands of euros on private charters as part of official missions, an information inquiry reveals. Read more...
The Times | 10/08/20017 English - The cost of chartered flights to transport EU commissioners and their entourages around the world makes up the bulk of the Brussels executive’s travel expenses. Read more...
BBC Newsnight | 10/08/2017 English - Evan Davis is joined by Conservative MP John Redwood and Helen Darbishire, the executive director of Access Info Europe which has been pushing the European Commission to disclose its expenses.
Euobserver | 10/08/2017 English - The European Commission has defended its use of air taxis for international meetings despite costs of tens of thousands of euros. Read more...
