Politicians, and other troublemakers

Under new rules, those MEPs who are disruptive or heckle during parliamentary debates will have to face the consequences...

This may lead to them losing the right to speak, temporary suspension, or the docking of ten day's pay. The idea is, that having 25 different cultures (and I apologise to any minority cultures for not having time to count them), it can be a bit of a mess in the debating chamber. Aparently the European Parliament wants "vibrant free speech", which is not "offensive or inflammatory".

According to the Eurosceptics this is merely an attempt to crush opposition. UKIP MEP Nigel Farage says he sees heckling as part of his job.

Author Nicholas Comfort says heckling has a serious democratic job to do.
"The point of heckling is basically to puncture politicians who think they can get away with it," he said. "A politician can be making a point they consider to be perfectly, perhaps a bit pompously, and someone will just come in completely from off-field, which destroys the argument and makes them look ridiculous."

What I think is more important is this whole 10 days docking of salary. If we take that as being a third of a month and the monthly salary as shown below, well you do the maths... Not going to put them below the breadline is it.

Also, can someone tell me why the Italians earn so much more than everyione else!!!