Romania's president earns pitiful sum

According to media reports, in 2009 the best-paid job in Romania was that of a manager of the Eximbank, who received 27,000 euros per month. The weekly Capital compares this with the monthly salary of the president of the country, who earns around 1,600 euros, and criticises the imbalance between performance and pay in Romania: "We all feel betrayed, dissatisfied and unmotivated. This makes us forget to praise ourselves for the results of our work. ... Therefore we need a comprehensive reform of the salary model. Those who really work should be better paid. We don't need more employees. It's better to have fewer who work efficiently and are well paid. ... A first step would be to raise the president's salary to a sensible level, because it's a matter of national honour that the president doesn't receive the same salary as thousands of other civil servants working for the state he is in charge of."

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