Not that it is any surprise that something like this would be going on just that it was a random audit that picked it up. On top of that, an MEP got hold of the report and when he found out about the findings decided to make public the findings. We have government ministers all over the “developed” world using the system to fund the lifestyles of themselves and their families so why did people think that European government ministers would be any different. The scale of the fraud is massive and the audacity of some of the examples amazing, giving an assistant a Christmas bonus 17 times that of their salary.

Now watch as absolutely nothing happens about it and everyone just brushes it under the carpet. Lets face it a union of countries which are only out for their own best interests is hardly likely to kick up much of a fuss knowing that they are just as guilty as everyone else. Why don’t they stop funding France’s agricultural industry and they would suddenly find themselves with billions to syphon off into their own accounts.