With the EU referenda in France (May 29th) and Holland (June 1st) drawing ever closer, the EU’s ‘parliament’ is not exactly doing its best to help endear the Union to voters:

“Members of the European Parliament rejected moves yesterday to clean up scandal-ridden arrangements for their travel allowances and expenses. Their decision prompted anger and disbelief from British MEPs, who voted for proposed reforms. In a series of votes carried by a margin of six to four at a full session of the parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs resisted proposals for audits of their accounts and turned down calls to impose sanctions on those found to have defrauded the taxpayer.”

Of course they did.