The European Parliament's Pension Mess Is Not a Good Look

Between 1991 and 2009, the Parliament was paying two euros for every one euro an MEP put into a top up pension fund. Around 118 million euros of taxpayers' money has already gone into this fund. Some MEPs are up in arms about how this top up pension was set up. It's all obviously very much not a good look, especially considering the enormous alleged bribery scandal that's going on in Parliament at the moment.

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