Written question – Commissioners’ expenditure on personal services – follow-up to question P-001177/2023 – E-002216/2025

Question for written answer  E-002216/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Christine Anderson (ESN)

During a meeting at the German Bundestag, the new Commissioner for Budget Piotr Serafin stated that he pays for personal services such as hairdressers’ visits out of his own pocket and does not charge such costs to the EU budget. In the light of this welcome clarification relating to him personally, and of the previous priority question for written answer P-001177/2023[1] asking about the Commission’s expenditure on photographers, hairdressers and make-up artists, some follow-up questions arise.

• 1.Since the beginning of the current mandate, which Members of the Commission – including the President of the Commission – have charged costs for photographers, hairdressers, make-up artists or similar personal services to the EU budget?
• 2.Since the beginning of the current mandate, what is the total cost of the services mentioned in the priority question for written answer P-001177/2023 such as photography, hairdressing and make-up?
• 3.Does the Commission plan, in the interests of budgetary discipline, to disclose such expenditure on its website in future, including on an individual basis, or to provide an annual breakdown?

Submitted: 3.6.2025

• [1] https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/P-9-2023-001177_EN.html