Today, Serbia is at a historical minimum when it comes to the unemployment rate, below 10 percent, says the Minister of Labor, Employment, Veterans’ Affairs and Social Affairs, Zoran Djordjevic.
He states in that context that 7,000 more employees were registered in May this year than in the same period last year, that the minimum labor price is twice as high today as in 2008, the exchange rate has not changed since 2012, and inflation is at the level of the most developed countries.
“In the first half of the current year, Serbia will be the first or second in Europe in terms of economic growth, and according to the Eurostat report, it is the best in terms of economic growth in the first quarter of 2020,” said SNS Presidency member Zoran Djordjevic.
Djordjevic said that it was good that some finally understood and publicly admitted today what a difficult situation Serbia was in, when Boris Tadic and Dragan Djilas “took care” of it and when they took loans to raise pensions for pensioners, when the exchange rate grew and changed every day, which according to all the rules is inadmissible and with such a policy brought the country to bankruptcy.
“It is completely absurd to compare that situation with today’s situation in which pensions and salaries are increasing on the basis of real income. As announced by President Vucic, pensioners can count not only on safe and regular pensions, but also on their increase, which will not be insignificant. The Government of Serbia will not give up on the goal we presented in the Serbia 2020-2025 program, which is that the average salary will be 900 euros, and the pension 440. Places for the destructive economic policy of Dragan Djilas that would destroy Serbia and fill only his pockets there is no place,” stated the Minister.
NIN editor-in-chief Milan Culibrk today, as a guest on N1, criticized the government’s optimism, believing that there is no coverage, and expressed concern over what awaits us in the fall, after the end of government aid to the private sector, which is most endangered in a pandemic situation, Politika reports.
