Seychelles trip fuels £230m bill for the EU junketeers: Bureaucrats and MEPs enjoy exotic visit at taxpayers' expense | Mail Online

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.

Both trips put climate change high up on the agenda – despite the fact the flights generated more than 90 tons of carbon dioxide.