The gross salary of a member of parliament in Sweden is 66,000 Swedish kronor, equivalent to R$27,000. However, after deducting the high amount of taxes, the net salary is approximately 40,000 kronor (a little over R$16,000). In Brazil, the average salary exceeds R$30,000, not counting other benefits, such as R$106,000 per month to hire up to 25 secretaries.
In addition to the difference in the amounts, what is most striking in the comparison is the fact that no Swedish MP can increase his or her own salary. In Sweden, salaries are determined by an independent committee, made up of three people: a chairman, usually a retired judge, and two representatives – almost always former civil servants. This committee is appointed by the Executive Board of the parliament.
The increase is assessed based on the economic circumstances uruguay mobile database of society, including inflation rates and market wage variations. The decision on the wage increase cannot be challenged and is not put to a vote in parliament.
While in Brazil a federal deputy is entitled to a housing allowance in the amount of R$4,253.00, when he is not occupying one of the functional apartments of the Chamber of Deputies in Brasília, in Sweden only parliamentarians with an electoral base outside the capital and who do not own their own property are entitled to live in functional apartments or studio apartments.
The apartments are on average 45 square meters and the studios only 16. In these properties there is only a table, a sofa bed, a mini kitchen with a stove and a minibar, a small closet and a bathroom. In all functional apartment buildings, for example, laundry rooms are communal and deputies need to make an appointment to wash clothes. In the kitchen, it is also the parliamentarians themselves who must cook and take care of the cleaning.
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