Frontex spent â¬94,000 on a dinner in Warsaw
Frontex spent â¬94,000 at this upmarket restaurant in Warsaw (Photo: Belvedere)
Brussels, 18. Jan, 07:02
The EU s border and coast agency, Frontex, holds a one-day event annually every May to celebrate itself, often attracting several hundred participants.
And almost every year, expenses soar to ever greater heights.
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Group photo of the 2019 European Border and Coast Guard Day (Photo: Frontex)
In 2015, it spent just over €94,000 for a dinner at the swanky Belvedere restaurant in Warsaw, according to documents released by a freedom-of-information request to EUobserver.
it s the coast guard academy. we are synonymous with this community of new london equals coast guard academy, just like annapolis our naval academy, colorado springs our air force academy, but he put the coast guard academy on the map in the state of the union address. to that he went one step further, because he shares another common bond with the coast guard. how fitting it is that our commander in chief, his birthday is on august 4th coast guard day, a visionary leader for the coast guard if there ever was one. so ladies and gentlemen, let s give a great round of ovation to our commander in chief, the 44th president of the united states of america, barack obama. [ applause ]