Post 17-04-2026 by Curt Bergstén/Windmush
Are we aware about the costs of “Our” MEP´s in the European parliament?
Spending by European Union Members
For the 2024–2029 legislative term, the European Parliament has 720 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), representing 27 EU member states.
- Largest delegations:Â Germany (96), France (81), Italy (76), and Spain (61).
- Smallest delegations:Â Malta, Luxembourg, and Cyprus (6 each)
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) receive a range of allowances and expenses covered by the European Parliament’s budget. As of July 2024, the key aspects of expenditure and remuneration are:
Monthly Salary: MEPs receive a gross monthly salary of approximately €10,377 (as of July 2024), which results in approximately €8,000 net after EU taxes and social security contributions.
Parliamentary Assistance: They have a maximum monthly allowance of €28,695 (as of 2024) to hire their own team of assistants and technical advisors. This money is not paid directly to the MEP but is managed for staff salaries.
General Expenses Allowance: MEPs receive a fixed monthly sum (approx. €5,000) to cover office expenses in their Member State of election, telephone, postage, and representation costs.
Travel Expenses and Allowances: Parliament reimburses travel expenses to Brussels or Strasbourg, as well as daily allowances (approx. €350) to cover accommodation and meals during session days, conditional upon signing in at the meeting.
Transitional Allowance: After the end of their term, MEPs are entitled to a transitional allowance for a period of between 6 and 24 months, equivalent to their monthly salary, until they find new employment.
Pension: MEPs are entitled to a retirement pension at age 63, amounting to 3.5% of their allowance for each full year of service.
Do you agree to those high costs?
My personal opinion is that there is far too much spending in the EU Parliament, compared to the meager results achieved. The Parliament has become a slow and sluggish organisation that does not provide the service to member states that are basically responsible for all the costs. The high and expensive “luxury life” that our MEPs live, has been created by a weak leadership group that allows it.
The average “income” of over €15,000/month for our countries’ representatives, is scandalous, compared to the result achieved. It has no logical comparison with the average salary of hard-working people in EU member states.
A member from a small party in Spain has recently returned around €300,000 of his paid “expenses” from 2025, because he does not consider it justified. But this has not become popular within the EU Commission. The EU Elephant continues to be inflated into a spending monster.
Thank you for reading my post,
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