Why French politicians don't fiddle their expenses

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	Why French politicians don't fiddle their expenses

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5-14-2009 3:08 PM

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9-6-2009 9:02 PM

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And corruption becomes normality.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/0aa9aaee-03ce-469a-9f3c-3e2d97afbd77/EB74EAA7-6E07-450A-AFF6-91FAEB84DE26/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://timescorrespondents.typepad.com/charles_bremner/2009/05/why-french-politicians-dont-fiddle-their-expenses.html" href="http://timescorrespondents.typepad.com/charles_bremner/2009/05/why-french-politicians-dont-fiddle-their-expenses.html" style="font-size: 11px;">timescorrespondents.typepad.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://timescorrespondents.typepad.com/charles_bremner/2009/05/why-french-politicians-dont-fiddle-their-expenses.html"><P>France is amused, along with everyone else, by the fuss over the fanciful expenses of British members of parliament. All those claims for castle repairs and tennis court maintenance are good for a laugh. No-one could imagine such a scandal occurring in France for a simple reason: members of the government and parliament don't have to account for their expenses. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://timescorrespondents.typepad.com/charles_bremner/2009/05/why-french-politicians-dont-fiddle-their-expenses.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/timescorrespondents.typepad.com/img/F312F41E-69CD-46B5-BA7B-51DCDD91EEF5" alt="Datioffice" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://timescorrespondents.typepad.com/charles_bremner/2009/05/why-french-politicians-dont-fiddle-their-expenses.html"><P>Unlike parliamentarians in northern Europe, French <EM>députés</EM> and senators do not have to hand in receipts or explain how they dispose of the fixed 70,000 euros that they receive annually to cover their their spending on housing, offices and transport. The European Parliament still uses largely the same method, to the disgust of the northerners and delight of Eurosceptics. Luxurious style and lavish perks are expected by French ministers and other high servants of the state and few  see anything wrong with this. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/EB74EAA7-6E07-450A-AFF6-91FAEB84DE26/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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