Wages of ministerial officials may depend on performance --PM

The former Czech government's economic council NERV earlier also recommended to tie the salaries to the ministries´ performance and savings.

"I can imagine it very well. Performance is monitored at companies and factories, while for ministries it has not been the case for a long time. But the word applies to ministries as well, and is even measurable there," Fischer said.

Potential changes in salaries at ministries will be part of austerity measures which the government to emerge from the upcoming general election will have to respect, Fischer added.

Fischer at the same time believes that it is impossible to be coming constantly with more and more austerity packages.

"We cannot live here with a festival of packages," he noted, adding that a longer-term programme to serve as a base for the individual governments´ decision is a must.

Author: ČTK
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