The economic #benefits from the EU accession process are the most significant

Every government looks at the #shortterm. With the change of government, new policies, but always only until the next elections. The approach will support a long-term goal and #vision

Populism undermines structural #reforms. Accession will ensure consistent implementation of reforms in the three pillars: education, health and social protection and institutions, will strengthen competitiveness and bring a better standard of living

We spend a lot #unproductively. Access to more and more diverse funds on the road to the EU will ensure both a larger budget and more productive spending

In an interview with Lokalno, Blagica Beba Petreski talks about current economic topics.

The second reason for this surge of requests for higher incomes is of course the decision of the #Constitutional Court – and the subsequent #silence on the part of the Government – which unfroze the salary increases of elected and appointed persons, which led to their cumulative growth of 78%. At the moment, I am not going into whether a certain level of salary is appropriate to the difficulty of the work and #responsibilities of a minister, but for such a sudden jump in salaries, it was simply neither the time nor the place. As Finance Think, as well as other reasonable voices in society, we called on the Government to find an #urgent and immediate mechanism to restore the original situation and to open a #dialogue within which an acceptable solution will be reached for a reasonable increase in the salaries of officials.

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