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Coffeeshop Chit Chat - German PM pay rise sparks anger!!!</TD><TD id=msgunetc noWrap align=right> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=msgtable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=msg vAlign=top><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"> </TD><TD><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead vAlign=top><TD class=msgF width="1%" noWrap align=right>From: </TD><TD class=msgFname width="68%" noWrap>higgs123 <NOBR></NOBR> </TD><TD class=msgDate width="30%" noWrap align=right>2:37 am </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT height=20 width="1%" noWrap align=right>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname width="68%" noWrap>ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right> (1 of 2) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft rowSpan=4 width="1%"> </TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>32791.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>Merkel gets pay rise of €4,000 a year
Published: 7 May 10 08:47 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/politics/20100507-27037.html
Chancellor Angela Merkel will be paid an extra €334 per month - or just over €4,000 a year - after the federal government approved its own pay rise, sparking anger from taxpayers, German media reported Friday.
The DuMont group of newspapers reported that Merkel currently earns €15,833 a month, not including her MP’s salary. But based on figures worked out by the German Taxpayers Association (BdSt), that figure will rise by €334 from August onward.
Though it is the first government pay rise in eight years, BdSt chief Karl Heinz Däke was sharply critical of the hike.
Ministers currently earning €12,860 will get a rise of €272, taking them to €13,132 per month.
The parliamentary leader for the Greens, Volker Beck, called the rise “profoundly insensitive.”
BdSt chief Däke said: “In this serious budget situation, it is out of the question that the government should allow itself a pay rise.”
The pay rise comes as Germany faces an annual government deficit of about €80 billion a year. It also follows news that reduced tax receipts mean the country is also facing a budget black hole of €40 billion over the next three years.
An Interior Ministry spokesman defended the rise, saying that as a result of the pay freeze, cabinet members’ salaries had not kept pace with those of other officials.
DPA/The Local ([email protected])
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The Germans are probably angry that despite the $4k pay rise, their PM still looks miniscule to the Arse Hole!
Published: 7 May 10 08:47 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/politics/20100507-27037.html
Chancellor Angela Merkel will be paid an extra €334 per month - or just over €4,000 a year - after the federal government approved its own pay rise, sparking anger from taxpayers, German media reported Friday.
The DuMont group of newspapers reported that Merkel currently earns €15,833 a month, not including her MP’s salary. But based on figures worked out by the German Taxpayers Association (BdSt), that figure will rise by €334 from August onward.
Though it is the first government pay rise in eight years, BdSt chief Karl Heinz Däke was sharply critical of the hike.
Ministers currently earning €12,860 will get a rise of €272, taking them to €13,132 per month.
The parliamentary leader for the Greens, Volker Beck, called the rise “profoundly insensitive.”
BdSt chief Däke said: “In this serious budget situation, it is out of the question that the government should allow itself a pay rise.”
The pay rise comes as Germany faces an annual government deficit of about €80 billion a year. It also follows news that reduced tax receipts mean the country is also facing a budget black hole of €40 billion over the next three years.
An Interior Ministry spokesman defended the rise, saying that as a result of the pay freeze, cabinet members’ salaries had not kept pace with those of other officials.
DPA/The Local ([email protected])
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The Germans are probably angry that despite the $4k pay rise, their PM still looks miniscule to the Arse Hole!
