A graph showing the salaries of EU heads of government in relation to the average wage of their country. The Hungarian PM is the clear leader.

Our median wage is the third lowest in Europe, at around €6,600 a year, while the EU average is almost three times that, at €18,372 a year.

Tens of thousands continue to demonstrate across Hungary to demand improvements to the public education system and an immediate pay rise for teachers.

It has long been a problem that teachers’ salaries in Hungary are not very high, and the same is true...