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The Daily Mail | 09/08/2017 English - EU boss Jean-Claude Juncker splurged £24,000 of taxpayer's money to charter a private jet for a one-night trip to Rome, shock new figures reveal. The revelation was part of a slew of expensive travel bills exposed after a European Commission finally handed over the document after a two-year legal battle. Read more...

BBC | 09/08/2017 English - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker spent 25,000 euros (£22,600) on a private plane to take a nine-person delegation to Rome, campaigners have discovered. Read more...

The Spectator | 09/08/2017 English- Jean-Claude Juncker is a man with few friends in Britain – and that’s before his latest expenses were published following a lengthy fight. It’s fair to say the documents, which were released today, won’t do the president of the European Commission any favours. Juncker claimed thousands of euros worth of expenses for various trips during the first three months of 2016 alone. Read more...

The Guardian | 09/08/2017 English - Jean-Claude Juncker and his top officials are spending tens of thousands of euros on chartering private planes, according to documents detailing the European commission’s travel expenses. Read more...

Corriere Quotidiano | 09/08/2017 Italian - Juncker a Roma ha avuto "un programma molto intenso", compresi incontri con il presidente Sergio Mattarella, quello del Senato Sergio Grasso, quello della Camera Laura Boldrini, l'allora primo ministro Matteo Renzi e l'ex presidente della Repubblica Giorgio Napolitano: il codice di condotta (dei commissari) permette l'uso di aerei privati quando non ci sono voli commerciali. Read more...

The Sun | 09/08/2017 English - As the EU demands a whopping divorce bill from Britain, their own accounts reveal Eurocrats like loathed Jean-Claude Juncker blew the cash on luxury private jets and hotels in the first two months of 2016. Read more...

RTBF | 09/08/2017 French - La Commission européenne a déboursé, lors des deux premiers mois de l'année 2016, 492 249 euros en frais de déplacement, soit 8790 euros par mois et par commissaire européen, rapporte mercredi Knack. Les 28 commissaires ont mené durant cette période 261 missions officielles, dans 26 États membres de l'Union européenne et 23 autres pays. Read more...

De Morgen | 09/08/2017 Dutch - In de eerste twee maanden van 2016 heeft de Europese Commissie in totaal 492.249 euro reisonkosten gemaakt. De 28 eurocommissarissen voerden daarvoor 261 officiële missies uit, in 26 lidstaten van de Europese Unie, en 23 andere landen. Per eurocommissaris is dat gemiddeld 8.790 euro per maand, bericht weekblad Knack vandaag. Read more...

Euro Guido | 0/08/2017 English - The eye-watering travel bill racked up by unelected European Commissioners was finally made public today after campaigners waged a three year battle to access their expenses claims. The hard-won disclosure reveals the 28 Commissioners spent almost half a million Euro on visits during the first two months of 2016 alone (the only period for which documents have been released). A dossier of claims submitted by Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker includes an astonishing €27,000 bill for a two-day trip to Rome on a private jet. A good wine list no doubt… Read more...

City A.M. | 09/08/2017 English - EU commissioners spent nearly €500,000 on travel over just two months - including a two-day trip to Rome made by Jean-Claude Juncker, which cost €27,000. Read more...