Outrage as EU president Van Rompuy pockets £600,000 for doing nothing

The Belgian eurocrat is entitled to the money as a transitional allowance over the next three years after finishing his term as European Council president.

In a sign that the juggernaut of EU excess shows no signs of slowing, Mr Van Rompuy will be paid £133,723 a year – 55 per cent of his basic salary – until December 2017, on top of his annual Brussels pension of £52,000.

He will also receive a £21,000 one-off payment, taking his earnings to £578,000 over the next three years .... http://www.express.co.uk