Taken from Lee Rotherham “The EU in a Nutshell” published by Harriman House 2012. This is JUST the cost of the Parliament itself, not of running the entire EU budget which runs to around €150 Bn.
| Item |
Cost (€ million) |
| MEPs salaries |
€66.8 |
| MEP Travel expenses |
€84.8 |
| Costs of MEP carrying out their duties |
€38.3 |
| Subsistence and representation costs for the EP’s President |
€0.179 |
| MEP sickness and accident budget |
€3.5 |
| Budget for severely disabled MEPs assistance |
€0.38 |
| Budget for retiring MEPs in non-election year |
€1.5 |
| Pay and allowances for Parliamentary staff |
€555.8 |
| Budget for new staff joining, leaving or transferring |
€5 |
| Cost of conference interpretation |
€60 |
| Social welfare costs |
€0.65 |
| Costs of social contacts |
€0.31 |
| Cost of medical service |
€1.3 |
| Nurseries’ cost |
€5.35 |
| Rent and lease costs |
€46.5 |
| Maintenance and cleaning costs |
€44.7 |
| Energy costs |
€19 |
| Security costs |
€37.6 |
| Fleet services budget |
€6.5 |
| Cost of moving between Brussels and Strasbourg |
€29.8 |
| Entertainment budget |
€2 |
| Budget of in-house travel agency |
€2.1 |
| Archive consultancy budget |
€11.6 |
| Budget of visits to the EP |
€31.7 |
| Peace prize and other prizes budget |
€2.5 |
| Budget of dedicated TV channel |
€22.6 |
| EP Information Office budget |
€1.2 |
| Budget of MEPs’ staff |
€186.6 |
|
TOTAL |
€ 1.268 Billion |
Hilariously, the EP only has one power: it can question the budget (excluding the CAP of course)
Staggering , i presume this is the annual budget , no wonder the accounts have never been signed off