EU officials collect fat salary increase despite austerity!

EU officials collect fat salary increase despite austerity!

Brüssel, Belgien - Financial scandal in the middle of the savings craze! EU officials, including prominent EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (66), experience a real outlet. With an increase in salaries by a whopping 7.2 percent, the sixth (!) Increase has been in.

While Europe straps the belt closer, the salaries of the approximately 40,000 euro crowns continue to grow. The reason? The adaptation of salaries to inflation and living costs in Brussels and Luxembourg, each in January and July. As early as January of this year, the employees of the EU institutions received an increase of three percent.

Now the payments should again increase by a further 4.1 percent, according to an internal paper from the EU Commission. This increase will be announced in December, and the adjustment applies retrospectively from July. The EU Commission originally calculated with an increase of three percent-an invoice that was no longer possible.

huge jumps in civil servants

The basic salary of an official will increase at the lower end of 3361 euros to 3603 euros - 242 euros more per month. For the top earners among them, it goes from 23,959 euros to 25,685 euros, an increase of 1726 euros! Ursula von der Leyen himself will experience an increase from 32,101 euros to 34,412 euros, while EU commissioners are allowed to calculate with a salary increase of 1884 euros.

But that's not all: tax-free foreign allowances and- depending on the marital status- household and children's allowances are also approaching the officials. The imposing threshold of 40,000 euros per month exceed the overall covers. The additional salary costs amount to 16.6 million euros for active civil servants and 3.8 million euros for the pensioners, financed by savings in the EU household.

You almost stay away-while some save, it is clogged in the EU Parliament!