From a few tens to a million euros: a third deputy joined

Nearly one-third of the 751 members joined last year and receive money for it. Amounts range from a few dozen euros to over a million euros. According to Transparency International data, the Italian Renato Soru is the largest contributor of extra income. He is also a member of the telecommunications company Tiscali

. Among the top three, the poker player Antanas Guoga of Lithuania and the Belgian Guy Verhofstadt, director of many companies, earn money (about eight tons) with lectures. Nigel Farage of Eurosceptic Party Ukip also completes his salary and receives a considerable sum for his talk show on British radio. In total, politicians earn between 18 and 41 million euros in extras.

Fransen big supporters

Agnes Jongerius (PvdA) gets up with almost a ton of extra income for the dutch couple. The money that she donates to charities, like the Amsterdam Institute of Social History

French politicians get the most money, with secondary jobs like mayor, doctor and lawyer, followed by Italians and Germans. The Dutch parliamentarians are in the middle. Estonia is the last stop, there is only one politician with a job with a refund of 14 euros.

Not prohibited

Outside activities are not prohibited in the European Parliament. However, they must be indicated so that everyone can check if there is a conflict of interest. Members of the European Parliament receive a salary of 8,484 euros per month and a general expenditure allowance of 4400 euros.

On the secondary list are CDA members Lambert van Nistelrooij and Wim van der Camp and PvdA & Paul Tang. These are relatively low fees.

Difference

Tang is a director of the Gaming Authority. According to the PvdA, it gets a little less than the survey shows: 24,000 euros instead of 27,000 euros. Van Nistelrooij is a director at Prisma, a foundation that takes care of him. The CDA also gets less than the 47,000 euros mentioned in Transparency International's report, according to their own party's calculations. Van der Camp is director of an emergency lighting company in Velp

the differences being due to the fact that Transparency International researchers have taken over the information that the politicians themselves have filled out on their website. On this basis, they calculated what additional income has been over the past four years.

Criticism

SP & # 39; er Dennis de Jong argues for a total ban on part-time jobs. "The Brussels bubble stinks here and there we must end it as soon as possible."