The top EU folk get a massive monthly budget for assistants and consultants = expert help (for EU MPs, this "extra staff budget" is to the tune of 30k USD per m

The top EU folk get a massive monthly budget for assistants and consultants = expert help (for EU MPs, this "extra staff budget" is to the tune of 30k USD per month [1], though often abused to fund family members/friends, just as you'd expect). So indeed you should be surprised (and enraged) if you think they're not doing a good enough job. The fact they're not experts has been factored in and provided for by the system. [1] http://en.euabc.com/word/814 http://en.euabc.com/word/814