The Euro-dictum is Simple

The more dead wood the better life will be. For the dead wood, that is.

"The huge number of people now working for the EU reflects its huge influence. The difficulty of finding out how many officials are working there reflects the EU's wider problem with a lack of transparency. It is a complicated and opaque institution, which leaves it wide open to influence from lobbyists and vested interests."

In fact in the absence of transparency Open Europe had to figure it out by calculation.