{"id":90629,"date":"2018-09-02T11:16:16","date_gmt":"2018-09-02T11:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/eu-staff-blow-20000-of-your-money-on-party-for-their-own-kids\/"},"modified":"2018-09-02T11:16:16","modified_gmt":"2018-09-02T11:16:16","slug":"eu-staff-blow-20000-of-your-money-on-party-for-their-own-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/eu-staff-blow-20000-of-your-money-on-party-for-their-own-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"EU staff blow \u00a320,000 of YOUR money on party for their OWN kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last October, staff at the Council of the European Union were treated to a \u201cchildrens party\u201d away-day at the Durbuy Adventure Park in Belgium. <\/p>\n<p>EU bureaucrats coughed up \u00a39,000 to cover their own entry \u2013 but let the taxpayer foot the \u00a320,000 bill for their 747 kids to get in and have a snack. <\/p>\n<p>The events stated purpose was to \u201cbring staff closer to each other with their families\u201d and \u201ccreate a friendly working environment\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>One EU insider decried the trip as \u201ca jolly covered by the taxpayer for Council staff and their children\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>    Related Articles<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\n            \u201cThis was a jolly covered by the taxpayer for Council staff and their children\u201d\n        <\/p>\n<p>        <cite>EU insider <\/cite>\n    <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A spokesman for the General Secretariat of the Council (GSC) said: \u201cAs is the case for many public institutions and private companies the GSC has a staff committee that organises some social activities for staff and their families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe children&#039;s event you refer to is held once a year and is open to children of all GSC staff members. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe purpose of the event is, through a recreational activity, to help staff and their family to develop more informal relationships with one another outside of the usual working environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe event is financed through the general grant allocated by the GSC administration to the staff committee.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.dailystar.co.uk\/dynamic\/205\/photos\/349000\/620x\/EU-MONEY-KIDS-PARTY-726802.jpg\" alt=\"EU-MONEY-KIDS-PARTY\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    DS\n            <\/p>\n<p>        JOLLY: The taxpayer forked out around \u00a320,000 for the day out<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2017, a total of 747 children under 16s participated, which means about 33\u20ac (\u00a330) per child was spent to cover the entrance fee in the park and an afternoon snack.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Daily Star Online previously revealed how the EU spent \u00a31.24million on software designed to tell jokes. <\/p>\n<p>The cash was paid to University of London scientists to work on their What-If Machine (WHIM).<\/p>\n<p>    Related articles<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last October, staff at the Council of the European Union were treated to a \u201cchildrens party\u201d away-da..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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