The HUS trade union federation on Thursday called on the government not to follow the recommendations made by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after its mission visited Croatia as part of regular annual consultations.
The HUS urges government to immediately start creating conditions for doing business in normal conditions and to start imposing taxes on the banking sector, which the trade union says, has been untouchable for all these years.
The HUS finds the IMF recommendations detrimental and contrary to the interests of Croatian citizens, describing the IMF proposals as neoliberal measures.
Increasing the retirement age to 67, improving labour market flexibility, increasing the zero VAT rate on certain products to 10 percent rather than the minimum admissible 5 percent, rationalising bloated public employment and remuneration, and revamping the unaffordable pension and health systems are some of the recommendations from a concluding statement of an International Monetary Fund mission after visiting Croatia as part of regular annual consultations.
