All 55,000 Brussels civil servants are to benefit from the 2.4 per cent salary hike, backdated to July.
This is despite a year marked by a shambolic reaction to the migrant crisis and the stuttering economic performance of the eurozone.
Jonathan Isaby, chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: “Hard-pressed families facing pay freezes and pay cuts will be furious to hear that they are shelling out for big hikes in deals for Eurocrats in Brussels.
“It’s completely out of step with reality and goes to show that the taxpayer-funded EU gravy train continues to rumble on.” Express.
