Agreed too.
Translation/interpretation from one of the languages to the 23 others,
accounts for nice share of the budget.
http://one-europe.info/translation-in-the-european-union-facts-and-figures
The horizontal slits you can see here and circle the place are the
translators' nooks.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/381955-1/2014-European+Union+Parliament+-+Strasbourg-4891.jpg
Well, when on earth will they all decide that French is THE
language? ;-)
OTT : We were also explained that it costs less to move all stuff and
staff needed to and fro between Brussels and Strasbourg than having
duplicates ;-)
Not that green though ...
Amities
Philippe
Le 28 févr. 14 à 11:49, Chris Barker a écrit :
> And the budget, Philippe, neither of us has mentioned the budget or
> the audit report . . .
>
> Oh well . . . but big government does have its benefits.
>
> Chris
> On 28 Feb 2014, at 08:04, philippe.amard <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> More seriously, what I find appalling is the lack of accountability/
>> representation, etc. of the commission - at least the Parliament is
>> elected ...
>
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