De begrotingswoordvoerder van de ESN-fractie merkte op:<\/p>\n
\u201cHet is schandalig hoe de EU belastinggeld verspilt om zichzelf in de schijnwerpers te zetten. Terwijl zij de burgers voortdurend vertelt dat zij de broekriem moeten aanhalen, trakteren de dames en heren in Brussel en Straatsburg zichzelf op luxueuze tempels van zelfverheerlijking op kosten van de belastingbetaler. Het feit dat voorzitter Metsola mijn vraag pas na meerdere herinneringen heeft beantwoord, toont aan dat zij de reactie van het publiek vreest. Ik zal ervoor blijven zorgen dat de burgers op de hoogte raken van de drastische verspilling van belastinggeld door het Europees Parlement voor propagandadoeleinden.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The ESN-group budget spokesman commented: \u201cIt is outrageous how the EU squanders taxpayers\u2019 money to put itself in the spotlight. While constantly telling citizens they need to tighten their belts, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2752,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"esn_date_approx":false,"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[42],"class_list":["post-2751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy-currency","tag-press-release"],"acf":{"activity_type":"","activity_location":"","related_mep":null,"news_location":"","news_byline":"ESN Group Press Office","news_readtime":"1 min read","news_intro":"The European Parliament operates 15 \u201cExperience Europe\u201d centres in which it promotes itself as an institution. The investment costs exceed \u20ac110 million, with a further \u20ac18 million in annual running costs. Another 14 centres are planned, meaning the total expenditure will rise sharply. These figures emerged from a parliamentary question submitted by AfD MEP Alexander Jungbluth.","news_photo":2752,"news_photo_caption":""},"yoast_head":"\n