【こぼれ話】次期欧州委員長、本部ビルに寝泊まり予定
欧州委員長には公邸がない。このため現職のジャンクロード・ユンケル氏はドイツ紙に、月3250ユーロ(約38万円)もするホテルのスイートルームで暮らさなければいけないと不満を漏らしたことがある。
フォンデアライエン氏は、欧州委員会本部13階の執務室の隣の部屋(広さ25平方メートル)を平日寝泊まりできるように改装中だという。
ドイツの国防相であるフォンダライエン氏は現在も同じような生活をしており、平日はドイツの首都ベルリンにある職場に泊まり、週末はハノーファー近郊の自宅で家族と過ごしている。【翻訳編集AFPBBNews】
〔AFP=時事〕(2019/10/09-16:16)
New EU president to sleep in her office
The EU's incoming president Ursula von der Leyen plans to live in a tiny flat attached to her Brussels office rather than rent an apartment, her staff told AFP on Thursday.
The president of the European Commission has no official residence -- a fact that irked von der Leyen's predecessor Jean-Claude Juncker, who complained to a German newspaper that he was forced to live in a hotel suite at a cost of 3,250 euros ($3,560) a month.
Instead von der Leyen is having a 25-square-metre (270-square-foot) room next to her office on the 13th floor of the commission's Berlaymont building converted so she can sleep there during the week.
She followed a similar practice as German defence minister, staying in her Berlin office and returning to her family home near Hanover at weekends.
- Main residence in Germany -
An official close to von der Leyen said living in the highly-secured Berlaymont would save the cost of guarding a separate apartment. It would also mean she would not be caught up in Brussels' notorious rush-hour traffic and risking being late for work.
We can confirm that the President-elect would like to use an existing personal retreat next to the president's office to stay overnight during her days in Brussels, the official said, confirming a report in the German newspaper Die Welt.
Her main residence was always and remains Hanover in Germany, the official said.
On top of her 28,000-euro monthly salary as commission president, von der Leyen receives an accommodation allowance of 4,185 euros. It was not immediately clear if she would continue to claim this while living in her office.
Von der Leyen starts her job at the helm of the European Commission in November. One of her top priorities is moving Europe towards a carbon-neutral future.
Earlier this year Juncker lamented his lack of official residence in an interview with Germany's Bild newspaper, saying he could not invite world leaders back and talk to them sitting on the bed in his hotel.
The former Luxembourg premier said NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg would sometimes invite him and EU Council President Donald Tusk to stay in his grace and favour residence when we need a rest.
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