Gravy train being decommissioned for unscrupulous MEPs

THE European Parliament gets a very mixed press, some of it warranted, some of it not.

Initially it was composed of people appointed by the governments. Eventually, in 1979, its members were directly elected for the first time.

It is now the second biggest democratically elected body in the world with almost 350 million Europeans eligible to vote. Only India’s parliament has a larger electorate.