From June 2009, all MEPs are to earn around €7,665 a month, thus ending the wide pay disparities that result from the current system of MEPs earning the same as national MPs in their home countries.
Komisija to tomēr neizdarīja, iebilstot, ka ES Padome jau gandrīz pieņēmusi savu nostāju: tas jebkurā gadījumā nozīmē, ka nākamais solis ir jāsper Parlamentam.