Amar Borančić, Vice President of the Liberal Party and representative of the European Union, said that Prime Minister Milojko Spajić's statement that the analysis by the Faculty of Economics, which showed that the growth of inflation in 2022 was also influenced by the Europe Now 1 program, was shameful.
"It is a shameful statement and attack on the academic community by Prime Minister Spajić, but in line with the policy of this government's fabrications.
The World Bank literally said that: 'Wage growth under Europe Now 2 will likely have an impact on inflation, but the increases are not as large as under Europe Now 1," Borančić wrote.
Earlier today, at the panel discussion "Business Agenda 2025 - Favorable Business Environment" of the Employers' Union of Montenegro, Spajić said that the Faculty of Economics' analysis that the growth of inflation in 2022 was also influenced by Europe Now 1 is shameful.
"I will talk to the people who did it because it is a complete lie," the prime minister said.
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The Faculty of Economics recently published an analysis stating that the main reason for the increase in food prices in the period 2021-2023 is the increase in producer and import prices, as well as the increase in gross wage costs at large retailers, which they could only compensate for by increasing margins.
This analysis does not mention "Europe Now" anywhere, but it states that in 2022 there was a decline in productivity and wage growth, and that this must lead to price increases.
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