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SaS: Slovakia Shouldn't Bail Out Country With Higher Living Standards
Monday 26 April 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, April 26 (TASR) - Slovakia isn't a bank that can borrow money from other banks in order to lend it to a country on the brink of bankruptcy, said non-parliamentary Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party chairman Richard Sulik on Monday, referring to Slovakia's share in the financial assistance approved for Greece.
"They (the Greeks) are given a 100-month golden parachute and we're going to collect money for the debt of such a country. We're calling on our opposition colleagues to protest against such practices," said Sulik.
"As much as €306 million will go to the Greek debt from Slovakia. The average monthly salary in Slovakia is €740, while it is €1,700 in Greece. Pensioners get €340 (per month) in Slovakia on average, while it's €1,600 in Greece. That's why we view solidarity with Greece as false," said SaS public finances expert Jozef Kollar.
According to Sulik, the assistance given to Greece is at odds with the Lisbon Treaty and will create a negative example for other countries.
SaS members expressed their disagreement with the decision to help indebted Greece by buying Prime Minister Robert Fico a one-way ticket to Athens.
Members of the non-parliamentary rightist party also warned about Slovakia's rapidly growing debt. According to their calculations, each Slovak has incurred a debt of €4,260 due to the Government's bad management. "Slovakia's debt is rising by €126 every second. The country lived 60 days on debt last year, as it spent all public incomes by October 31," said SaS member Martin Chren.
"It's the responsibility of Robert Fico alone that Slovakia's public expenditures grew at the fastest rate in the EU last year, as he (Fico) cares more about the interests of narrow business groups when it comes to road tolls, motorway construction or energy policy, and couldn't care less about the fate of Slovakia," added Sulik.
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