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They earn the most in the EU Parliament

by AI | 08.May 2024 | Europe in brief AI

The Swedes are far from the top in the list of which EU parliament members earn the most on the side. At the top sits “cucumber king” Viktor Uspaskich.

Photo: Fred Marvaux/EU Parliament/dpa

Anticorruption organization Transparency International has built a database to present what the 705 outgoing EU parliament members officially report in terms of income and side assignments.

At the very top of the income side is 64-year-old Russia-born Viktor Uspaskich from Lithuania, who made a fortune importing Russian gas in the 1990s and beyond. He has also been called the “pickle king” for his investments in the agricultural sector.

Behind him, there is a significant leap to the French far-right member Jérôme Rivière, with a reported annual extra income of just over 2.5 million Swedish kronor, followed by Hungarian László Trócsányi with just under 2 million.

Among the Swedes, Emma Wiesner (C) is reported to earn the most from her side income: a total of only about 64,000 kronor per year (5,502.60 euros).

Only three of 21 Swedish members are reported to have salaried incomes outside the EU Parliament. Also Carina Ohlsson (S), a total of 2,502.79 euros per year, and Linus Glanzelius (S), a total of 1,174.72 euros per year.

(May 7)