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Transparency International EU estimated that up to 39 MEPs potentially earned more than €100,000 a year from side-activities (Photo: European Parliament)

MEPs earned millions via side-jobs, NGO says

MEPs' financial declarations have brought to light an array of side-jobs, while posing questions on possible conflicts of interest and sloppy record keeping.

Over one quarter of the bloc's 705 MEPs have declared side-jobs, collectively worth between €3.9m and €11.5m in outside earnings, according to a study by Transparency International EU, an NGO.

And the money will likely cast a shadow over efforts to create an in...

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Transparency International EU estimated that up to 39 MEPs potentially earned more than €100,000 a year from side-activities (Photo: European Parliament)

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