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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I refer both to this amendment and to the next one, because I have tabled two oral amendments. I believe that this one is very timely and integral to the overall text, because the Article spells out the duties of MEPs in the text, in the introduction, but it is very muddled and actually stipulates what cannot be done, not what MEPs must do in accordance with what Mr Casini said about our transparency and our representation of the people, whom we must represent in a correct and very scrupulous manner. I believe that it is very muddled.
I would place even more emphasis on the other amendment, Mr President. Since we are stipulating that MEPs must not accept gifts worth more than EUR 150, my amendment, ladies and gentlemen, was far stricter in proposing a much lower amount, because I believe that MEPs should not accept any gifts or courtesies save for those of little, or negligible, value.
I believe that the proof of this is in a letter received by all the MEPs. This letter provides for, offers MEPs EUR 100 to take part in a survey. I believe that this is an offence against …"@en1
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