Opposition parties in the parliament warned that the minimum wage did not cover living costs because half the people receiving the minimum wage had trouble making ends meet, while members of the ruling coalition claimed that the minimum wage had never increased faster. A member of the opposition said that the proposed increase in the monthly minimum wage from € 840 to € 970 gross was not enough for an average four-member family with two children. "Workers should be able to live decently on their wages, but that is not the case in Croatia today." A member of the ruling party said that during the recent governments the minimum wage had increased by 103%, adding that with the announced increase from next year the minimum wage would have risen by 134% in total.
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