EU Council President Van Rompuy earns almost £250,000
Posted on 06/20/2010 4:09:49 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
1,023 Eurocrats pocket bigger salaries than David Cameron's annual income of £142,500.
EU Council President Van Rompuy earns almost £250,000
Included in the overall total are Herman Van Rompuy, the EU president, Baroness Ashton, Europe's foreign minister, José Manuel Barroso, the European Commission President along with six vice-presidents and 19 commissioners.
This group of 28 people, who are all unelected, earn £57,000 to £103,000 more than Mr Cameron and include the three best paid politicians, Mr Van Rompuy, Mr Barroso and Lady Ashton, in the western world.
Among the 995 European civil servants, who are on the AD14 to AD16 grades earning £146,267 to £179,703, are at least 90 unelected British EU officials earning more than the Prime Minister.
The Commission has admitted that the true numbers cannot be calculated and could be at least twice as high. After tax relief and generous perks are taken into account it is likely that over 2,000 officials are earning more than Mr Cameron.
On entering Number 10 last month, Mr Cameron cut his own salary by £7,500 to £142,500 from the £150,000 Gordon Brown was receiving when he left office.
Cabinet ministers also took a five per cent cut to show voters that the government was ready to lead by example when imposing austerity measures.
On Tuesday, the government will set plans to cut £85 billion of national spending but the EU will remain the only public sector area that is untouched.
Last week, as Britain cancelled and suspended projects, including defence helicopters, a hospital, and a road upgrade, it emerged that the cost of Mr Van Rompuy's new Brussels HQ, where construction has just begun, is £263 million. The EU building work continues.
Research and information requests have also found that there are 19 European Parliament
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Were the best paid politicians LIBERALS?
I would find it interesting to know how much the highest paid American government employees make. Anyone know of a resource for that?
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