Commissioner Tonio Borg, who replaced John Dalli as EU Health Commissioner in November 2012, only claimed €11.60 as representation costs that year and €2,939.89 for 2013, thus resulting in being one of the Commission's ''low spenders' according to EU Observer.

Making public the travel expenses and representation costs of each member of the Commission after a Freedom of Information request by the website, the website said that travel expenses by Commission head Jose Manoel Barroso were triple those of Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief in 2012. 

In 2012, John Dalli and Tonio Borg spent €87,620.44, while in 2013, Tonio Borg spent €2,939.

Until November, John Dalli had spent €1663.69 as representation costs.

Barroso's travel expenses in 2012 amounted to €649,336.72, more than double the expenses he filed in 2013. He was followed by Ashton, with €280,962.69 and development commissioner Andris Piebalgs, with €202,406.94.

In 2013, Ashton ranked first, with €468.728,77, followed by Barroso (€262.058,89) and Piebalgs (€235.343,42). Long weekends in Portugal - Barroso's home country - are also listed in the EU commission's weekly agendas for 2012.

On Friday, 17 February 2012, for instance, Barroso delivered a speech at the Catholic University of Lisbon. He returned to his home city one month later, on 23 March, also on a Friday. On Monday, 1 October 2012, the calendar again notes that Barroso is in Lisbon, attending the launch of "Social Innovation prize Diogo Vasconcelos".