The centre-to-right coalition government in Bucharest
\nhas made the last adjustments to the state budget and of social securities in
\n2021, before sending it to Parliament for approval. This yearly budget had a
\ndifficult birth, and came into being only upon heated talks between the ruling
\ncoalition made up of PNL-USR\/PLUS and UDMR and the opposition PSD on the fair
\ndistributions of funds whose shrinking has been caused by the pandemic and the
\nconditions aimed at curbing the budget deficit.
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While political leaders in the ruling coalition have
\nrefrained from bringing fresh amendments in Parliament in an attempt to speed
\nup approval procedures, the opposition Social Democrats have come up with a
\nseries of amendments, which they say could contribute among other things to rises
\nin pensions and wages, frozen by their political opponents. In fact, the Social
\nDemocrats on Monday blamed the country’s Liberal Prime Minister Florin Citu for
\nhaving endorsed an austerity budget.
\n‘The budget this year is balanced, credible, accepted by our international
\npartners and focused on investment’ the Prime Minister replied lashing out at
\nthe PSD representatives, whose latest
\nbudget amendments account for 6% of the GDP, funds which Romania could
\ncontribute to the European budget. <\/p>\n
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Florin Citu: A budget
\nfocusing on investment, because we have made it clear that only investment can
\nlead to Romania’s development; but it is a budget, which is pushing reforms and
\nthis is scary, isn’t it? You’re afraid the move is going to put an end to the
\nwell-paid jobs of some of your supporters in high positions. I can tell you,
\nthis year we are going to see reforms being implemented.<\/p>\n
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UDMR has referred to a post-crisis investment-oriented
\nbudget while the USR has described it as a budget of solidarity and responsibility
\naimed at kick-starting the country’s economy. Here is USR leader with the
\nChamber of Deputies Ionut Mosteanu with more on the present budget. <\/p>\n
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Ionu\u0163 Mo\u015fteanu: This budget is
\nfocusing on development and investment. Today the government comes with an investment
\nbudget of 12 billion euros, the biggest in history. <\/p>\n
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‘The Prime Minister is the absolute champion of hatred’,
\nPSD leader Marcel Ciolacu retorted, adding that ‘Florin C\u00ee\u021bu hates the
\nemployees in state-owned institutions, as he is slashing their salaries and
\njobs’. According to Ciolacu, the Prime Minister hates the private sector as
\nwell because he has constantly failed to fulfil his pledges to this sector in
\nthe past year. <\/p>\n
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Marcel Ciolacu: Instead of
\nendorsing a budget aimed to repair, you have taken the axe in your hands and
\nstarted slashing the incomes of the Romanians. You don’t give a fig that prices
\nin energy, food and medicine are higher!<\/p>\n
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PSD believes that Romania is a country adrift because
\nthe government has allotted the smallest financial package in the EU to the fight
\nagainst the pandemic and to the process of kick-starting the economy. <\/p>\n
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