On Monday 2 July, the Vice-President of the European Parliament, Sylvie Guillaume (S&D, France), regretted the fact that the Bureau of the Parliament had missed the opportunity to take position in favour of revising the rules on the allowance for general costs to increase transparency.
This allowance is the fixed amount paid to MEPs every month to cover operating expenditure and that of their assistants (accredited and local).
The Bureau of the Parliament was to adopt rules to modify the way...