All members of the European Parliament are paid the same amount every month from the EU budget.

Salary: The salary is € 7,956.87 per month with a mild EU tax bringing it down to around € 6.200,72. MEPs leaving the Parliament after 3 years membership may have an "end term" allowance where the salary continue in up to 2 years.

There seems to be quite a consensus about the direction towards which the elections are going. Analysts all seem to agree that populists, eurosceptics and fringe parties are likely to gain an alarmingly high number of seats. Whatever the outcome of the European Parliament elections, it seems likely that the new European Parliament will have far more MEPs who are sceptical of the internal market.

Upon leaving office, a Commissoner is entitled to a resettlement allowance of one month's basic salary (about € 20,000) and of course, travel expenses and moving costs are fully reimbursed.

The figures here below are estimates and have been rounded.

On assuming office, a Commissioner is entitled to an installation allowance of two months'basic salary which equates to about € 40,000 and of course the costs of travel to Brussels and moving expenses are fully reimbursed.

The current basic monthly salary of a Commisioner is € 20,000 or € 240,000 per year (In April 2013 the Commissioners accepted a so-called 25% solidarity cut of their salary)

Cabinet DN is an independent and self-owned consultancy. Founded in 2004 by Timme Dossing and Jacob Lund Nielsen, putting the D and the N into cabinet DN; the company is still fully owned between them and one other working partner, Mark Cunningham. With more than 30 in-house staff and external advisers, Cabinet DN is one of the largest independent, self-owning, consultancies in Brussels. The firm is an associate partner of the global consultancy Waggener Edstrom and its client base includes Fortune 500 companies, NGOS and government institutions.

Porter Novelli is a public relations firm that is part of Omnicom Group. The company works in crisis management, health care, technology, corporate affairs, consumer marketing, and more. The company has approximately 100 offices in 60 countries.

European Offices

FTI Consulting, Inc. founded in 1982 is a global business consultancy with its headquarters in West Palm Beach, Florida  helping organizations protect and enhance enterprise value in an increasingly complex legal, regulatory and economic environment. FTI Consulting professionals work closely with clients to anticipate, illuminate and overcome complex business challenges in areas such as investigations, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory issues, reputation management and restructuring. The company employs more than 3,700 staff in 25 countries

Interel Group is an international consulting group specialising in public affairs, strategic communications and association management. The group was created in 1983 in Brussels, where it is the single largest consultancy in its sector with close to 100 consultants providing local, European as well as International services to well over 200 clients.
 

Recognised for its award winning campaigns, the group has built an impressive list of clients, including many of the global names in the corporate as well as the association world.

Edelman is a public relations firm founded and named after Daniel Edelman and currently run by his son Richard Edelman. The company has revenues of over $600 million annually, employs 4,800 people in 67 offices worldwide with co-headquarters in New York City and Chicago and is the world's largest independently owned public relations firm.

Edelman has eight practice areas:Business + Social Purpose, Consumer Marketing, Corporate, Crisis and Risk, Digital, Health, Public Affairs, Technology

Burson-Marsteller (BM) is a global public relations and communications firm headquartered in New York City. Burson-Marsteller operates 67 wholly owned offices and 71 affiliate offices in 98 countries across six continents.