Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic said Saturday (January 29, 2011)that teachers' demands are unrealistic and that the government will not make concessions that would undermine economic stability, the Tanjug website reports today.
Meeting media directors and editors, Cvetkovic said that the demands of the teachers on strike for an increase of their earnings by 24 percent are unrealistic, and could cause a chain reaction of demands for salary and pension increases that would lead to inflation and weaken the domestic currency.
He added that he does not want to be a party to this, since his main task is to defend the macroeconomic stability of Serbia.
The teachers who are on strike and completely halted classes are breaking the law, he said.
Cvetkovic said he would make his views on the issue public after he returns from Brussels, where he will deliver the answers to the European Commission's questionnaire on January 31.
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