SUMBERG SLAMS LAVISH EU CONSTITUTION PARTY

North West Euro MP David Sumberg has today hit out at the European Parliaments for  holding a lavish two-day party to mark the proposed European Constitution next week.

The event, held in Strasbourg on January 11, 12 cost a staggering 375,000 Euros and was held after the Parliament voted to rubberstamp the Constitution. In total £75,000 was spent by the Parliament on inviting and accommodating journalists to the event in order for it to have the “maximum media exposure.
Mr  Sumberg  said:

"It is sickening that at a time when we are desperately trying to help the countless thousands devastated by the Tsunami disaster in South East Asia, aided by over £100million worth of donated cash from generous Brits, this European Parliament will spend over £250,000 on a party for a Constitution that is not even ratified by member states.

"That £250,000 could have paid for two and a half million litres of water to be purified using standard water purification tablets. Surely this is a more pressing use of money than blowing it on expensive champagne and canapés for self-important bureaucrats."