On Thursday, president Nicusor Dan had new consultations with parliamentary parties about the future government. PSD said, after talks, that by the end of the day there would be an assumed package of fiscal measures, while USR said it was ready to “fight” next to premier Ilie Bolojan. Later on, Nicusor Dan and Ilie Bolojan met on Thursday night, at Cotroceni, but did not reach an understanding about tax rises, sources from the Presidential Administration declared for HotNews.ro. Political sources say that Bolojan had insisted on VAT increases and conditioned the take over of the prime minister position on the application of that measure. Talks between Nicusor Dan and Ilie Bolojan began at 4.00 p.m. and the PNL leader asked for a VAT increase from 19% to 21% in the ruling program, since it was, in his opinion, the only solution meant to rapidly increase budget incomes. Moreover, according to political sources quoted by TV news, Bolojan told the president that he refused to become premier if the head of state did not accept the 21% VAT rise. But the president opposed that solution and said he had made a promise during the election campaign and would not infringe it. The premier nomination was postponed for the following days. The variant of technocrat premier was brought to the fore by Dan and Bolojan at their meeting on Thursday night. Althought initially new talks among PSD, PNL, USR and UDMR party presidents with Nicusor Dan had been scheduled for Thursday, 9.00 p.m., the meeting was cancelled following the failure of negotiations between president Dan and Ilie Bolojan, according to sources from a party attending the negotiations.
Romanian president Nicușor Dan confirmed on August 20 that he is likely to pay an official visit to the United States early next year, provided preparations proceed as planned. A few days ago, foreign minister Oana Țoiu said that president Dan is expected to visit the United States and meet with president Donald Trump in the […]
European allies are pressing the United States to deploy F-35 fighter jets to Romania as part of future security guarantees for Ukraine, The Times reported, citing discussions among senior military officials. Romanian outlet
Romanian croissant producer Derpan SA has raised EUR 2 million through a private bond placement brokered by brokerage house Goldring SA, the company announced on August 20. The secured, euro-denominated bonds mature in 2030 and carry an annual coupon of 11%, Ziarul Financiar reported. ...
Romanian banks’ aggregated profit (EUR 752 million) and profitability ratios in Q2 remained around those seen in Q1, meaning slightly below the performance in the same period last year, according to data published by the National Bank of Romania (BNR). The non-performing loans (NPL) ratio, however, rose slightly to 2.8% at the end of June, […]
The Foreign Direct Investment Review Commission (CEISD) confirmed on August 20 that it had decided not to approve the transaction by which Hungarian state-owned MVM intends to acquire the gas and electricity supply division of E.ON Energie Romania. "Following the conclusions resulting from the detailed research procedure, CEISD decided to submit to the Supreme Council […]
Deputy prime minister Tanczos Barna stated on August 20, speaking for Digi24, that following the public administration reform included in the second package of fiscal measures, 40,000 positions in local and central administration will be abolished. The figure is not included in the substantiation note published by the Development Ministry along with the bill on […]
