the Chancellor of Austria Sebastian Kurz, who regularly writes the address to the citizens, declared that he and Ministers of his Cabinet decided to waive their salaries for the month “in solidarity” with the victims from the consequences of a pandemic coronavirus. At the same time, the German government is not going to take the example of neighbors, according to German newspaper Bild.
“the Federal government currently has no such intention,” replied his official representative at the request of the publication.
meanwhile, Prime Minister of Bavaria Marcus Seder, which is rapidly gaining political points, defending the tough and decisive line in the fight against the epidemic among the lands, said in an interview with Bild that he believes such a measure is correct, however, this requires the consent of all regional leaders.
Earlier it was reported that deputies of the German Bundestag thinking about how to abandon the annual indexation of their salaries this summer on two percent.
the Portal Spiegel online recalls that voluntarily donated their salaries to fight the epidemic of the Bulgarian Ministers and members of the New Zealand government headed by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, which in terms of the Euro gets 260 thousand a year, for the next six months has cut his payments by 20%.
