Keep it in the far-right family
Each MEP is entitled to appoint an unlimited number of parliamentary assistants using a monthly budget for their salaries of €21,000. However, in 2009 a rule came into force forbidding MEPs from employing close relatives as their assistants.
But Golden Dawn – the Greek delegation of three right-wing MEPs – has found an elegant way round the spirit of this law. The three are Georgios Epitideios, Lampros Fountoulis and Eleytherios Synadinos.
Epitideios has hired Theodota Synadinou, daughter of his fellow MEP, as one of his assistants. Fountoulis has employed Martha
Epitideiou, daughter of his fellow MEP, as one …read more
Source: European Voice
