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WARSAW: A Polish member of the European Parliament has launched another sexist tirade, calling it a "20th-century stereotype that women have the same intellectual potential as men," and that the stereotype "must be destroyed because it is not true."

Janusz Korwin-Mikke's insults on Friday in Warsaw came two days after he told the European Parliament that "women must earn less than men because they are weaker, they are smaller, they are less intelligent."

The president of the Parliament opened an investigation Thursday into the comments, for which Korwin-Mikke could face sanctions such as a reprimand, a fine or a temporary suspension.

His latest blast came after he was challenged by female lawmakers during a visit to the Polish parliament in Warsaw. Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus, from the Modern party, accused him of offending women and said she would not allow him to do it again.

"There are more women than men in Poland, we're better educated, and I will not let you offend Polish women, European women and women all over the world. It's a disgrace," she told him.

Korwin-Mikke has a history of getting attention for outrageous comments, including comparing the European Union to the Third Reich.

In 2015, he raised his arm in a Nazi salute to make a political point in the European Parliament, the EU's elected legislative arm, forcing the centrist government in Warsaw at the time to apologize and express shame for his behavior.

Korwin-Mikke heads a small party which won just under 5 percent of the vote in Poland's last parliamentary election in 2015, failing to clear the 5 percent threshold to get any seats.

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But in the meantime the bills from Brussels keep dropping on the mat. Pricey security arrangements for MEPs are just one item, a unit of 46 bodyguards, with 12 of them assigned to protect the European Parliaments president Antonio Tajani.

It is being called a private army and this is clearly no exaggeration.

Both the guards and their drivers will also have to make a monthly round-trip to Strasbourg which will cost a further million or so euros. The profligacy is never ending.

But this extravagant outlay is simply part of a 1.7billion spending binge as the EU tries to squeeze as much as possible out of British taxpayers while it still can.

Our contribution is expected to be around 230million.

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Another expense is what we will put towards a pro-EU publicity campaign (a strong citizen-centric message) in advance of the 2019 European elections.

Britons of course will not be taking part in these elections as we will have left the EU by then.

On one hand this vast expenditure is cause for fury.

But it is also a useful indication of how much British taxpayers money is sucked into the bottomless pit that is the EU.

While any further expenditure is deeply regrettable it is a salutary reminder of the wisdom of more than 17 million British people when last June they voted to leave.

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Mrs May had a tough message for Nicola Sturgeon in her address yesterday to the Scottish Conservatives in Glasgow.

She accused the First Minister of treating politics as if it were a game and the SNP administration of tunnel-vision nationalism.

She stated forcefully that there was no economic case for breaking up the United Kingdom.

She also pointed out the failings of the Scottish government in education and health.

It was stirring stuff and brought to mind that the union of our four nations England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales is precious, unique in the world and not something which we should abandon lightly.

The independence referendum showed most Scots are aware of this. Nicola Sturgeon is indeed playing a dangerous game.

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IF the Queen moves her handbag from hand to hand or places it on a table then it is a secret signal to her people that she wants to talk to someone else or is preparing to make her exit.

Mrs Thatcher was accused of handbagging but this is far more subtle.

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EU, Pressured from Inside and Out, Considers a Reboot New York Times Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, in Brussels on Wednesday. He will deliver a speech that will offer different scenarios for the future of the European Union including some that could roll back his powers. Credit Olivier ... Commission outlines 5 scenarios for future of EU in white paperPOLITICO.eu 'Stop bashing the EU', Jean-Claude Juncker tells European leadersThe Guardian EU Presents Five Visions for The Future of EuropeVoice of America EU News -Breitbart News -Express.co.uk all 178 news articles »

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An Investor's Guide To The Collapse Of The European Union Forbes While Trump's tweets grab the headlines, Europe's perils are becoming harder to ignore. Greece's fiscal follies have surfaced once again, but that's not the EU's biggest threat at the moment. That award goes to Italy's banks. Currently, around 18% of ...

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It has left UK taxpayers having to pay more than 130million for their unpaid debts according to a fresh analysis of Student Loans Company figures

ONE INfour EU citizens who study in England go home without paying a penny of their loans, the Sun can reveal.

It has left UK taxpayers picking up a bill of more than 400million for their unpaid debts.

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MPs said it exposed one of the many hidden costs of EU membership and demanded Theresa May use Brexit to stop taxpayers being ripped off.

Students from across Europe who choose to attend English universities get access to the same taxpayer-funded loan as British citizens.

But analysis of figures from the Student Loans Company reveal 18,600 have not paid back a penny and authorities cannot track them because they have returned overseas.

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The 25 per cent of EU graduates who fail to repay loans compares to an overall rate of just 2 per cent.

Furious Tory MPs have demanded Theresa May recoup the money owed by EU graduates in Brexit negotiations.

Jacob Rees-Mogg said there was no reason for EU students to be subsidised by UK taxpayers.

And Philip Davies told The Sun: This is an absolute scandal and shows the huge hidden cost of our membership of the EU to go on top of our 10billion a year membership fee.

Now we are leaving the EU the Government needs to ensure that we stop taxpayers being ripped off in this way.

The number of EU graduates placed in arrears for failing to repay loans reached 8,600 last year. A further 10,000 are not repaying because they are unknown to UK authorities.

Nick Hillman, director of the Higher Education Policy Institute, said EU students who default on their student loans should be stopped at the border and treated in the same way as benefit cheats and tax evaders.

He called on ministers to include measures in the Higher Education Bill to introduce an online repayment scheme to make it easier for graduates to settle their debts. He said the Treasury could save 22 for every 1 spent if ministers copy a scheme brought in by New Zealand.

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Mr Hillman told The Sun: Tackling it is not rocket science. We should copy New Zealand, which has introduced carrots and sticks to raise repayment rates.

If you enter New Zealand owing money, you can be arrested at the border. They also have easy online repayment systems and hardship provisions for those who really cannot afford it.

He added: If Ministers are not prepared to amend the Higher Education Bill currently in the House of Lords, then Philip Hammond must tackle the issue in his next Budget. For every 1 spent chasing repayments from people overseas, he could get 22 in repayments.

That is an exceptionally high rate of return, much higher than other government policies.

David Kurten, Ukip's Education Spokesman,said: The scandal of EU students taking student loans from the British taxpayer and returning home without paying has gone on for years."

He added: "The scale of this scandal has now been revealed at over 400 million.

"Ukip have been saying for years that all students who are foreign nationals, including those from the EU, should pay their own University fees up front if they are studying in Britain. This is simple common sense.

"This is money which should all have been recovered, and could have paid for 15 brand new secondary schools.

"There is no excuse for this waste to continue: British money should be spent first on British people and services in this country, particularly in skills training for young people which has been neglected for far too long."

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