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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8229

10 June 2002
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/seville summit
Pat Cox to ask summit to back idea of identical salary for MEPs

Brussels, 10/06/2002 (Agence Europe) - European Parliament President Pat Cox told the Financial Times that, at the European Council of Seville, he intended to "seek the backing of the Heads of State and Government to proposals aimed at improving Parliament's image which, although it had demonstrated that it was up to the role of co-legislator, had the reputation of being a "travelling circus" where waste reigned. In particular, Cox wants to propose the principle of "equal pay for equal...

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