EU fat cats paid more than UK prime minister

"The bloated salaries of the Brussels gravy train sparked outrage yesterday after it emerged that over 1,000 Eurocrats are paid more than the Prime Minister. His annual income of £142,500 is dwarfed by Herman Van Rompuy, who earns £245,000 plus expenses as EU President, partly funded by hard-working ­British taxpayers.

Mr Van Rompuy, EU foreign minister Lady Ashton, and Jose Manuel Barroso, the European Commission President, head up a list of 1,023 Euro fat cats who have bigger ­salaries than David Cameron.

Six vice-presidents and 19 commissioners are paid between £57,000 and £103,000 more than the PM and 90 of the EU’s 995 civil servants earning £146,267 to £179,703 are British.

Note EU-Digest: the question is not so much related to the justification for such high EU salaries, but rather the lack of transparency about the income and expenses of the EU staff.

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