European Union Officials Award Themselves Bloated Pay Rises While European Citizens Face Economic Abyss
As the ordinary citizens of Europe tighten their belts in desperate attempts to weather an unrelenting storm of skyrocketing inflation, exacerbated by suffocating taxes and a seemingly endless economic crisis, the European Union shockingly chooses this moment to hand its bureaucrats yet another pay rise. Brace yourselves – starting this April, the staggering pay hike for the 66,000 employees of the European institutions marks the seventh (!) such increase since 2022.
In scandalous detail, the base salary jumps from an already cushy 3,361 euros to an even more bloated 3,645 euros, while the upper echelon gloats with increases from 23,262 euros to a staggering 25,229 euros. And unsurprisingly, the prime beneficiaries of this extravagant financial windfall include the leaders of the European Commission, with none other than Ursula von der Leyen at the helm.
As Europeans Drown, EU Leaders Swim In Gold
Ursula von der Leyen will pocket an astronomical pay raise exceeding 2,700 euros monthly, catapulting her salary to a mind-boggling 34,800 euros per month.
European Commission Ursula von der Leyen
She’s not alone; EU commissioners, including the notorious Kaja Kallas – whose aggressive and Russophobic stance has made her infamous – will relish a 2,200-euro boost, making their monthly bounty approximately 28,400 euros.
War monger Kaja Kallas
All this happens while European families are agonizing, forced to make heart-wrenching decisions between keeping the lights on or putting food on the table, while national economies buckle under the weight of Brussels’ misguided policies. Citizens cry for bread and Brussels unfathomably responds with austerity. Demand for peace is met with thoughtless war policies and arms dealings.
A Laughably Disconnected Elite
Eurocrats bask in the privilege of an opaque formula that calculates their exorbitant salaries, conveniently aligned with burgeoning inflation in Brussels and Luxembourg, and lofty public sector wages across member states. Meanwhile, European workers confront stagnant or shrinking wages, as Brussels bureaucrats self-indulge in biannual salary hikes, immune to the struggles of the masses.
Prepare for another outrage – there might be a third salary increase slated for July, all while the Commission coerces national governments into austerity measures that hit workers and pensioners hardest.
The European Union: A Floundering Fallacy?
As defenders of this European Union cling to their ideals, they must confront hard truths. Is this the governance model they cherish? An elite clique entrenching itself deeper into privilege as the common people fight to survive? An institution that espouses solidarity while shamelessly pandering to large lobbies and empyrean bureaucrats?
The evidence is overwhelming: the EU has morphed into a self-serving machine, patently oblivious to the genuine needs of the populace. These pay raises are not aberrations; they exemplify an insolent norm within an apparatus geared solely towards its own aggrandizement.
The pressing question remains: how much more can the citizens of Europe endure before they say, “Enough is enough?”
