Cantillionaires... Don't forget, those working for the EU and it's agencies don't pay taxes or pension contributions etc.. that's just for the plebs.
F... me! I should get into politics!
24-year-old YouTube blogger Phidias Panayiotou, who was elected as an independent MEP from Cyprus, has revealed how much money MEPs receive each month. He filmed a video in the meeting room of the EU legislature and posted it on TikTok.
https://video.nostr.build/72e5ef329a34bd3ec83946f8784cddb6658aec473ef2da28930a7c5affcb383f.mp4
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I'm gonna run as an independent next cycle. Gimme that funny money!
While I hate all those parasites, AFAIK this is not true. They pay taxes (8k is after taxation), homeland taxes and pension contribution (3,5%)
They pay no local taxes like you or I as they are exempt.. see:
Article 12 of the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Union
They do have a much smaller deduction called a "European Community Tax" and the salaries are net of this. As this is a tax they pay back to themselves, it's not really a tax.