Ursula von der Leyen Increases Her Salary: The EU's Indecency Exposed

Significant Salary Increases for EU Officials

• 💡 Ursula von der Leyen has received her seventh salary increase in three years, raising her monthly pay to nearly €34,800, an additional €2,400 per month.
• 🎯 This increase is part of a broader trend, with 66,000 EU employees across the Commission, Parliament, BCE, and Court of Justice also benefiting from automatic pay raises.
• 💰 Since 2022, the salaries of EU officials and leaders have collectively increased by 22.8%, including retroactive adjustments for 2024 and 2025.

Opaque System and Public Cost

• 🔑 These salary increases are automatic, determined by an opaque formula that bypasses public debate and democratic voting processes.
• 📊 The total cost of these salary adjustments for EU officials now amounts to nearly €3 billion per year, funded by European citizens.
• 🇪🇺 Each European citizen contributes approximately €0.93 per day to the European Union, totaling €182 billion annually.

Disconnect from Citizen Realities

• ⚠️ The increases occur while millions of Europeans are experiencing inflation, an energy crisis, and a loss of purchasing power, being urged to "tighten their belts."
• 💬 The speaker highlights the perceived "indecency" and "incomprehensibility" of these raises, especially when ordinary citizens face stagnant wages and increased workloads.
• 🔥 This situation is described as fueling euroscepticism and exposing a "Europe of elites" disconnected from the realities of its citizens.