British MEPs subjected to campaign of intimidation in Brussels
"Last night, disgruntled Eurocrats were seen approaching British MEPs outside the parliament building, one passing a sarcastic note ‘congratulating’ them on Brexit. ‘Remain on your island! No pity!’ the note said."
"The ‘United Kingdom’ sign that hangs above MEPs’ post boxes in the European Parliament was ripped down by a furious Eurocrat"
"British officials reported being thrown out of meetings unrelated to Brexit. One was ejected from a session discussing development projects in Ethiopia because he worked for a Eurosceptic MEP."
"In another incident, European colleagues sought to intimidate British officials by chanting, ‘leave, leave, leave".
"One official, who was abused by a Eurocrat on the train from London to Brussels, told MailOnline that the man launched a foul-mouthed rant after overhearing him speaking in English. ‘He was flicking his fingers in our faces and shouting, “you’re a f*ing disgrace”,’ the official said."
"Some party leaders have warned their MEPs to ‘keep their heads down’ after minor scuffles on the Eurostar and outside EU buildings ‘could have turned nasty’."
"David Cambell Bannerman, a Conservative MEP, said: ‘These attacks are pretty despicable. European nationalism is a serious problem. It has got incredibly vindictive since we voted to leave.""
"According to officials working for British MEPs, the tone was set by the president of the European parliament, Martin Schulz, who sent a round-robin email to British workers in Brussels which some interpreted as promising jobs in return for ‘loyalty’."
"‘I am worried that I have been tainted by working in a British office,’ said one Polish member of EU staff. ‘We are being asked to prove our loyalty to the EU or our careers will not survive.’"
Roger Helmer MEP said "‘We are seeing the beginning of a spiteful, dirty tricks campaign designed to make life difficult for the British in Brussels, simply because we voted to leave the EU".
Dan Hannan MEP said "This has been going on in a more moderate form for years. There is always a loud round of applause in the European parliament whenever people are disparaging Britain. Now we are just seeing it in an unmuzzled, intensified form."
"‘It rather explains why people voted for Leave in the first place.’"