Article: Germans hound big dog owners; Bid to ban pets over 15 inches.(News)

Article: Euro-MPs urged to give up perks to get back ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  December 5, 2002 ;     638 words ... ... gravy train could hit the buffers for Euro-MPs if a new pay and expenses package is approved ... today. Plans are being considered to give Euro-MPs from the 15 EU countries the same salary ... Even more radical are plans to link Euro-MPs' expenses to actual expenditure - the ...

Article: The double dippers; Euro MPs' TWO pension schemes ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  February 3, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... MICHAEL CLARKE;RUTH SUNDERLAND BRITISH Euro MPs are salting away two massively generous ... paying up to u38,000 a year more. Some Euro MPs - including all 31 from Holland - have ... provides lucrative expenses. British Euro MPs can claim u500 for flying to Brussels ...

Article: Euro-MPs want support in fight against red-tape ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  December 22, 2003 ;     629 words ... ... me spell out an area where all the UK Euro-MPs have been persuaded to put aside the well ... were having none of it. So all British Euro-MPs got together and we agreed to work together ... almost every case. British and Irish Euro-MPs from all political sides remained united ...

Article: Euro-MPs' Iraq visit `a disgraceful ego ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  February 3, 2003 ;     700+ words ...TWO WELSH Euro-MPs flew out to Iraq yesterday amid a storm of protest from fellow members. Plaid Cymru Euro-MPs Eurig Wyn and Jill Evans are part of a team of 33 Euro-MPs on the unofficial trip to assess the possible human ...

Article: Euro MPs act on laundering.
Sunday Business (London, England);  October 14, 2001 ;     459 words ...EURO-MPs will this week cease their resistance ... terrorism since the 11 September attacks, the Euro MPs will not meet to give their consent to ... until Wednesday. Before the attacks, the Euro MPs had been holding out against the proposed ...

Article: Euro-MPs' pay bonanza.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  December 18, 2003 ;     255 words ...BRITISH Euro-MPs get a 30% pay rise today - part of a ... gravy train' tag. A move to give all Euro-MPs the same salary means a boost for the ... thanks to the euro exchange rate. Tory Euro-MPs abstained in yesterday's vote, saying ...

Article: Euro MPs vote away gravy-train image in big ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  December 4, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Euro MPs voted yesterday to cut their expenses and harmonise ... Scott. The move failed, avoiding Britain's Euro MPs paying tax at the high rate of 40 per cent. The leader of Britain's Labour Euro MPs, Mr Alan Donnelly, said: "I am delighted ...