&NewLine;<h2 class="wp-block-heading">10 YEARS WITHOUT WAGE INCREASES&comma; PORTUGAL ON THE EDGE OF POLITICAL CRISIS </h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Prime Minister Antonio Costa is threatening to resign if Parliament passes a law to raise teachers' salaries&period; Following the 2008 crisis&comma; Pedro Coelho's right-wing government implemented an austerity policy that led&comma; in 2010&comma; to the freezing of salaries for 650&nbsp&semi;000 Portuguese civil servants&period; Also&comma; in 2015&comma;&nbsp&semi;the arrival in power of the Socialists&comma; raised hopes of reversing the trend&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Since the beginning of this year&comma; the teachers' unions&comma; like all those in the civil service&comma; have been calling for a<strong> wage increases</strong>Despite proposals for dialogue, the government has refused to negotiate. It considers that catch-up measures would be too costly, increasing the public deficit which it is endeavouring to reduce in order to show Brussels that Portugal is a good pupil;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class="wp-block-heading">For the Portuguese government it&rsquo&semi;s a question of credibility</h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The unions are fully aware of the need to maintain a certain rigor in the budget; nevertheless, they believe it is possible to set aside a share for social&period; <a href="https://vivreauportugalconsulting.com/le-deficit-public-du-portugal/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">In 2019, Portugal's budget deficit should be close to zero</span></a>&period; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>This will be a first in Portugal's history&period; Yet&comma; the government continues to be obsessed with this subject&period; Now&comma; if the state&comma; which is the country's main employer&comma; doesn't increase its employees&comma; how could it demand it from the private sector&ThinSpace;&quest; Ten years without a pay rise&comma; is far too much&ThinSpace;&excl;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Antonio Costa pledged to break with austerity policy</h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>During the first half of its mandate&comma; the Socialist government took very important measures for workers&ThinSpace;&colon; it increased the minimum wage from <strong>480 à 600€</strong> over fourteen months&ThinSpace;&semi; unemployment fell to <strong>6&comma;7&nbsp&semi;&percnt;</strong> after a peak of over 17&nbsp&semi;&percnt; in 2013&ThinSpace;&semi; social dialogue has been relaunched&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The balance sheet is therefore very positive&period; But for the unions, more needs to be done&period; Particularly on the issue of salary increases for civil servants&period; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Antonio Costa threatens to resign</h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>It is important to understand that the unions are not at the origin of this arm wrestling&period; Everything will be decided this week between the government and the Parliament&period; The risk of a political crisis will not change the position of the civil servants or of the unions&period; Well determined to win their case&period; But the risk of a political crisis will not change their position&period; Let's keep in mind that this threat to <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.dn.pt/poder/interior/antonio-costa-mantem-ameaca-de-demissao-10868180.html">resignation</a></span> from <strong>Antonio Costa is first and foremost a communication tool in the run-up to the European&period;</strong> </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p></p>&NewLine;
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