The new salary of Prodi

Last week the prime minister of Italy Romano Prodi suited small sensation - has reduced the salary to 30 %. "Authority" has tried to find out, how many in the different countries of the world pay for management of the country. It has appeared, not too it is a lot of.



Romano Prodi - the person modest. If not the newsdealers who have closely read through the project of the Italian budget which the government of the country last week has transmitted in parliament, anybody would not find out about a victim on which prime-minister of Italy has gone. From the project it is visible, that owing to new system of the taxation the Italian prime minister will receive less. If in this to year Prodi $156 thousand already in the following - on $47 thousand is less will receive. For ministers and their assistants reduction of salaries - on 25 % also is stipulated. Other officials it will not concern, but owing to new measures in the budget of Italy $2,16 million will arrive.



News have immediately picked up mass-media: not too often supreme state persons reduce to themselves the salary. However, for the sake of justice it is necessary to tell, as presidents and prime ministers not too often raise themselves the salary: too demonstrative care of own financial position can be incorrectly apprehended by voters. It on the experience was tested by the British prime-minister Tony Blair when has declared, that unlike predecessors is going to receive all means due to him. The matter is that in Britain the prime minister receives two salaries - as a member of parliament and as the first lord (the head of the government traditionally holds this post). However it is considered the extremely indecent if prime-minister "chooses" the salary completely. To the address of labourite Blair charges in avidity fell down, and oppositional leaders publicly expressed doubts that he fulfils a money due to him.