The opposition Socialists have called for teachers’ salaries to be linked to the central bank governor’s pay. Socialist parliamentary group leader Bertalan Tóth told an online press briefing that a current government proposal to raise György Matolcsy’s salary from 5 million forints (EUR 12,275) a month to over 6 million forints was unacceptable.
The Orbán government is raising Matolcsy’s salary at a time when inflation is record high, food prices are growing by 40-50%, and the central bank has introduced a base rate of 18% to prevent the collapse of the forint, he said, proposing setting starter teachers’ wages at 10% of the central bank governor’s pay packet.
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