www.mepranking.eu site and abuse of the MEP questions system

18.6.2013

Question for written answer E-007064-13
to the Commission
Rule 117
Mike Nattrass (EFD)

Are you aware that a site exists at www.mepranking.eu which counts the number of questions asked by MEPs to the Commission and that this is regarded as a factor in judging the effectiveness of MEPs?

Does the Commission believe that this is an incentive to ask questions which leads to an abuse of the system?

Does it consider that excessive numbers of questions asked to the Commission by MEPs leads to high administration costs and that these questions should be limited with this cost factor in mind?

What is the cost of asking a question to the Commission?

OJ C 81 E, 20/03/2014