31% of the 751 members of the European Parliament carry out paid activities on top of their salaries stemming from their mandates and between 9 and 30 of them are paid more for their private activities than for their work as MEPs, according to an annual report published by the organisation Transparency International on Tuesday 10 July.
This report, which is based on the declarations of the MEPs themselves, estimates that the total amount received by MEPs is at least €18 million and could...