EU chiefs to blow £750k of taxpayers’ money on making Brexit TV programmes for Britain
They are hiring crews to produce ready-to-air packages covering their role in the crucial departure talks
BIG-spending EU chiefs are to blow £750,000 of taxpayers’ money on making Brexit TV programmes for broadcast in Britain.
They are hiring crews to produce ready-to-air packages covering their role in the crucial departure talks.
But furious MPs last night branded the project a costly propaganda exercise aimed at persuading voters they got it wrong.
They believe it is part of a last hurrah aimed at winning valuable airtime on TV and radio stations in the UK.
Eurocrats are offering a contract for the provision of broadcast-quality material to “highlight their important role in negotiations”.The winning bidder will be based in Brussels and Strasbourg to produce and tout packages aimed specifically at British audiences.
Brexit TV staff will research the “priorities and interests” of UK news editors and political correspondents and draw up a weekly schedule.
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The contract notice says crews will be expected to conduct interviews and produces “ready-to-broadcast radio and television packages which…highlight the role in the UK’s EU exit negotiations played by the European Parliament and its members”.
Tory MP Andrew Bridgen said: “This is a shameless piece of propaganda, all paid for by taxpayers.
“It’s clear that the EU is determined to convince British people they were wrong to vote Leave and to dissuade other countries from doing the same.
“But all it does is confirm we made the right decision and the sooner we are out the better. Don’t forget, we’re paying for this vanity TV project, as we are still the second biggest net contributor to the EU.”
A European Parliament spokesman declined to comment.