Beskatningen bør også fremover være national for at tage hensyn til leveomkostningerne og de sociale sikringssystemer i de forskellige lande, eftersom medlemmerne bor i og repræsenterer deres medlemsstater.
Because MEPs live in, and represent, their Member States, tax should, in the future too, be deducted on a national basis in order to take account of the cost of living and of social insurance systems in different countries.