The European Commission spent €100,000 on 20 luxury coffee machines to equip the Berlaymont building in Brussels.
The machines have now been switched off, following a complaint from an employee. A spokesperson attempted to justify the expense by saying that they didn’t want the Commisioners to waste time waiting for coffee.
Taken from the Libertas Daily Update
My comment:
€5,000 for a coffee machine seems a little steep. How about we give them a £20 kettle and a value box of Nescafe like I have to use in the office? If they can finally admit that the Lisbon Treaty is the same as the Constitution, we can upgrade them to Gold Blend.
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Coffee Break, please, at www.FreeEurope.info
Tell us a story like that, at least tell us the whole story. What was the complaint, what machines were they, what did the spokesman actually say? I'm happy to believe you have unearthed yet another outrageous scandal of egregious commissioners feathering their nests with exclusively decadent Italian (?) coffee machines, but if you want to horrify us, do it properly. Please.
Oh, and you should probably specify that you have no connection with the Nestle company of Switzerland.
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