Reporters from all 28 EU member states bid to reveal MEP expenses

A group of journalists from all 28 EU member states is taking a legal action against the European Parliament in a bid to obtain greater transparency over the expenses of MEPs.
Reporters from all 28 EU member states bid to reveal MEP expenses

The reporters have teamed up to file a complaint with the European Court of Justice over the parliament’s refusal to their requests for access to information on how the 751 MEPs spend their allowances.

They had sought four years of copies of spending records of MEPs representing their own countries, under freedom of information legislation.

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