He added that wages paid from the national budget would increase by 929 million kuna or three per cent compared to this year.
Suker went on to say that the government's aim was to achieve economic growth of 4.4 per cent of GDP in 2007.
Ivica Mudrinic, chairman of the Council and representative of the Employers' Association, supported the measures proposed by the government, saying that they were necessary for the economic development of the country.
Mudrinic urged the government to act with greater determination, complete the fiscal, judicial and state administration reforms and crack down on corruption.
The trade union representative on the Council, Vilim Ribic, called for a change to wages policy and for the adoption of a national agreement on wages policy. He said that the state administration and public services were inefficient and unable to implement the required reforms owing to low wages.