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themselves on the back for a job well done these unelected officials should be ashamed of how much money they have wasted over the years.”
Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, and Martin Selmayr, the secretary general of the commission responsible for no-deal Brexit planning, will also get rises under a 1.7 per cent agreement.
A standard commissioner now takes home £286,000 while director-generals heading up departments each earn £215,000.
Mr Barnier said Britain would now have to cross its self-imposed “red lines” and yield to EU demands if it wanted a deal before Brexit day on March 29.
Addressing Mrs May directly he said: “Your Parliament and the European Council have always said that if the UK chooses to be more ambitious and go beyond a simple free trade deal in our future relationship, then the EU would be ready to immediately support this evolution and respond favourably.
“I am not simply speaking about the economic relationship. I am also speaking of university research, fisheries, aviation, transport, police and judicial cooperation. As long as we do not have a way out of this political impasse we cannot advance.”
An EC spokesman said the EU calculates annual salary increases based on the cost of living in Belgium and Luxembourg and on wages paid to civil servants in other EU countries.