Members of the reliably worthless European ‘parliament’ like nothing better than mocking America’s ‘Enron capitalism,’ but what do these crusaders for honesty do when they are asked to vote on the EU’s Commission’s accounts, accounts so tawdry that they have been rejected by Brussels’ own auditors?

Yup, they approve them.

Part of the reason, of course, is that the EU parliament, a cesspit notorious for graft, greed and cronyism, is in no position to face much scrutiny of the way that it manages its own affairs, but part of the reason too is the fanatic belief of so many MEPs in ‘Europe’.

Blogger Terrance Coyle takes up the story:

“When I interviewed Diemut Theato MEP, Chairman of [the parliament’s budgetary] Committee, on this subject she put it in a nutshell for me. “European Parliamentarians have a duty to Europe, not just to their electors”, if they attack the Commission they undermine the project, and that will never ever do.”