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02/01/2013
Taoiseach Third Best Paid Leader In EU
Enda Kenny is still the third best-paid leader in the EU, the Irish Independent has reported.
The news comes as a controversy over political pay continues in Germany.
The Taoiseach cut his salary by €14,000 to €200,000 upon taking office, yet he is still paid more than the vast majority of EU leaders. The only leaders on higher salaries are German chancellor Angela Merkel, who earns €250,000, and Luxembourg's prime minister Jean-Claude Juncker, who gets €210,111.
The issue of salaries paid to EU leaders has hit the headlines as the main challenger to Ms Merkel in the German election later this year has complained that the salary for the job of chancellor is too low.
Mr Kenny receives a higher wage than the leaders of other large European countries.
French president Francois Hollande is paid €179,000, British prime minister David Cameron gets €172,000 and Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy is paid just €75,000.
Italian prime minister Mario Monti has given up his entire salary.
Although Ireland is currently in a bailout programme, Mr Kenny is paid more than leaders from solvent countries, such as the Netherlands (€180,000), Finland (€129,000) and Poland (€33,367).
The Cypriot president, Demetris Christofias, who has requested a bailout for his country, is on a salary of €158,551.
(H/GK)
The news comes as a controversy over political pay continues in Germany.
The Taoiseach cut his salary by €14,000 to €200,000 upon taking office, yet he is still paid more than the vast majority of EU leaders. The only leaders on higher salaries are German chancellor Angela Merkel, who earns €250,000, and Luxembourg's prime minister Jean-Claude Juncker, who gets €210,111.
The issue of salaries paid to EU leaders has hit the headlines as the main challenger to Ms Merkel in the German election later this year has complained that the salary for the job of chancellor is too low.
Mr Kenny receives a higher wage than the leaders of other large European countries.
French president Francois Hollande is paid €179,000, British prime minister David Cameron gets €172,000 and Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy is paid just €75,000.
Italian prime minister Mario Monti has given up his entire salary.
Although Ireland is currently in a bailout programme, Mr Kenny is paid more than leaders from solvent countries, such as the Netherlands (€180,000), Finland (€129,000) and Poland (€33,367).
The Cypriot president, Demetris Christofias, who has requested a bailout for his country, is on a salary of €158,551.
(H/GK)
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