Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, will earn an extra €15,543 next year

Brussels has earmarked €18 million to give EU officials a 3.3 per cent pay rise backdated to July in time for their December pay packets.

Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, will receive a pay rise of €15,543 over the next year, including €5,200 in back pay.

The increase is nearly seven times the rate of inflation, which was 0.5 per cent across the EU, and is higher than the 1.8 per cent rise predicted last year.

Other European commissioners, such as Günther Oettinger, who has been embroiled in a race row and controversy over links to pro-Kremlin lobbyists, will pocket a lump sum of €4,224.

The pay rise will take Mr Juncker’s annual salary to €324,377, which is topped up by an