1.0Radio Romania Internationalhttps://www.rri.ro/enRoxana Vasilehttps://www.rri.ro/en/author/roxana-vasilerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="EQOnIDmlVJ"><a href="https://www.rri.ro/en/actualitate/in-actualitate/budget-deficit-drops-id976542.html">Budget deficit drops</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.rri.ro/en/actualitate/in-actualitate/budget-deficit-drops-id976542.html/embed#?secret=EQOnIDmlVJ" width="600" height="338" title="“Budget deficit drops” — Radio Romania International" data-secret="EQOnIDmlVJ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.rri.ro/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.rri.ro/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/bani-buget-calcule-economie-taxe-foto-jarmoluk-pixabay.jpg1280853  Since mid-2025, ordinary Romanians have had to deal with tough, highly unpopular austerity measures. The reason was the huge budget deficit, the largest in the European Union, because of which Romania could be downgraded by international financial agencies to ʹjunkʹ, i.e. the category not recommended for investments.   At least so far, this scenario […]