​On 3 December the CoR debated the opinion on standards of remuneration in employment. During this debate Mr Tadeusz Truskolaski, Mayor of Białystok and EA coordinator for ECON Commission said: "The document entitled 'The standards of remuneration in employment in the EU' suggests to approach the wage level in all regions of the European Union, by raising, in the poorest, regardless of the condition of the macro-regional economies within which function located with actors."

He underlined that "In the short term, such a policy should be conducted very carefully, so as not to violate the local equilibrium /balance. In the long term, the rise of wages, is the goal of all of us, but carried out with respect for the laws of economics".