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The bill

359 euro

a day in subsistence allowance for every MEP. A signature is enough.

On days of parliamentary activity the allowance is paid to Members who sign the attendance register. The rules do not require them to stay. Only on plenary voting days does a Member who takes part in fewer than half of the roll-call votes receive half of it: 179.50 euro.

Source: European Parliament, 2026 amount

The bill

8,772.70 euro

net a month in salary. Whether the Member turns up or not.

The rules reduce the subsistence allowance and general expenses in case of absence. Not the salary.

Source: European Parliament, 2025 amount

The bill

114 million

euro a year: the estimated saving if the Strasbourg sessions were held in Brussels.

Twelve times a year the plenary sessions are held in Strasbourg, as the Treaties require. This is a 2014 estimate by the European Court of Auditors (113.8 million), not a current spending figure.

Source: European Court of Auditors, 2014

The bill

4,950 euro

a month to every MEP for office expenses. No obligation to keep receipts.

A flat-rate sum paid into a dedicated account. Keeping receipts, having them audited, publishing them and returning what is not spent: all voluntary. In the 2026 budget: 44.4 million euro.

Source: Implementing Measures for the Statute for Members, Articles 43–47; European Parliament, 2027 estimates

medical visits and tests in Italy delivered beyond the guaranteed waiting times in the first 4 months of 2026.

The Italian Constitution protects health as a fundamental right (Article 32). Those who can afford it pay twice: through their taxes and then privately.

Source: Agenas, via Avvenire, 29/5/2026 (1,914,458 services; in Italian)

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