EU blows staggering £230m sending MEPs and bureaucrats to Seychelles and other paradise destinations

"The EU blew £230million last year on junkets to exotic locations including the Seychelles, it emerged last night. MEPs and bureaucrats enjoyed dozens of taxpayer-funded trips and fact-finding missions in 2010, research reveals. A visit for seven MEPs to the Seychelles cost £50,000 in hotel and travel expenses, while £77,000 was spent on a trip for 45 to Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo."....