Pamplinas,
I am completely taken aback by your Governments actions and totally disagree with those actions.
However, you wrote:
As you should probably know by now, we are severely understaffed, and since our worktime is 1200h/year (not very different from other countries, isn't it?),
I work in the UK for the largest ATC provider here - NATS. ATCO's in NATS work to one of two 'working times' either 1820 hours per year - which
excludes meal breaks or 2080 hours which
includes meal breaks. The unit at which you work decides which of the two applies. Both those figures btw, are before annual leave entitlements are taken, and equate to either a 35hr or 40hr week.
So 1200hrs is not at all comparable to the UK ATCO.
DD