Why are you surprised. I stayed at a hotel near Strasbourg where when the EU parliament was sitting you couldn't get in . Why? Because the MEPs booked it at €65 per night & claimed €350 inc meals as their daily allowance. The train station next door went right into Strasbourg but instead they had chauffers & cars which also involved hotel rooms & daily allowances vs the € 5 return train fare.
That is their perception of reality so what is a few euros more. The EU accounts I understand have never been audited fully & published. QED
