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27.1.2008

The EU Parliament is a Lair of Thieves

We’ve always suspected it, but now we have proof. The Finnish europarliamentarian Anneli Jäättenmäki had to get a new passport. Reason being her old one got “lost” in somewhere between the Europarliament and the Indian Embassy. Neither party has it. As the Ilta-Sanomat says

According to Jäätteenmäki, thefts are quite usual in the EU-parliament. The member’s “boxes” where materials are transferred between Brussels and Strassbourg are missing things, such as cameras and laptops.

- “The police can not investigate the thefts, as they do not have access to the EU-parliament” says Jäättenmäki

Not only the idiotic and expensive dual seating and travelling between Brussels and Strassbourg, but also there is then nobody with jurisdiction to investigate either… Makes you wonder who designed the system.

7 Comments »

  1. Ah, the EU designed the system. Most Incompetent folks on the planet.

    I know, lets give them a state.

    Comment by winter “Yea, Proton Power, now in remission” — Sun, Jan 27th, 2008 @ 4:03 pm

  2. “The police can not investigate the thefts, as they do not have access to the EU-parliament”

    ?? what if there was like, a rape?

    Comment by Phil — Sun, Jan 27th, 2008 @ 5:14 pm

  3. “what if there was like, a rape?”

    then they would get a State?

    Comment by winter “Yea, Proton Power, now in remission” — Sun, Jan 27th, 2008 @ 9:25 pm

  4. So we have a group of people who are outside accountability?
    That is not good.

    Comment by Sirkuspelle — Sun, Jan 27th, 2008 @ 11:04 pm

  5. Umh, sounds pretty strange.

    Comment by m — Tue, Jan 29th, 2008 @ 10:52 am

  6. I’m actually planning to look into this jab a bit further. I remember I read a big article over the “daily life” in the EU parliament off… must’ve been HS kuukausiliite.. over the “daily life” in there. The public pages don’t much talk about the infrastructure.

    Comment by Hank W. — Wed, Jan 30th, 2008 @ 12:04 am

  7. @4 yes, its called Eduskunta

    Comment by Hank W. — Wed, Jan 30th, 2008 @ 12:05 am

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