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Bolojan:It is not easy to take measures, some of them we do not take with an open heart

September 29, 2025

Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan declared on Friday, after consultations with the social partners in the National Tripartite Council for Social Dialogue regarding the measures in Package 2, for which the Government will assume responsibility in Parliament, that, at the moment, there are "too few shoulders in the real economy on which this country stands" and that it is not easy for the Government to take these measures, but their implementation will create conditions for the country's development in the coming period."At the moment, there are too few shoulders in the real economy on which this country stands. At the Government level, we will continue to move in the announced directions: reducing state spending, correcting injustices, increasing revenues collected in the state budget and phasing out investments. It is not easy to take all these measures, some of which we do not take with an open heart, but, by implementing them, we will create conditions for the country's development in the coming period," said Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan, according to a Government press release.In the discussions at Victoria Palace, the members of the Government presented the draft laws to the social partners.The Minister of Labor, Family, Youth and Social Solidarity, Petre-Florin Manole, presented the changes introduced by the reform of magistrates' pensions, with "emphasis on increasing the retirement age and changing the calculation method", the cited source shows.The Minister of Health, Alexandru Rogobete, referred to the reform in the healthcare system, aiming to improve the quality of medical services for patients and increase managerial performance.Also, the Minister of Development, Public Works and Administration, Cseke Attila, mentioned the changes that will be introduced through the local administration reform, "which are circumscribed by the principle of social equity, as well as those for the reduction of personnel in local public administration".In turn, Deputy Prime Minister Tanczos Barna emphasized that the new measures in the field of insolvency aim to improve the process of debt recovery by the state and increase the responsibility of administrators who bring companies into insolvency, the press release also states.The Government also specified that, regarding the reform of state-owned companies, the Secretary General of the Government, ?tefan Radu Oprea, stated that the new regulations are established following the dialogue with the European Commission and the OECD on the topic of corporate governance and are aimed at reducing the number of members on boards of directors, as well as their compensation.The Head of the Prime Minister's Chancellery, Mihai Jurca, presented the reform of ASF, ANRE and ANCOM, institutions in which bonuses and organizational charts will be reduced by 10% of specialized positions and by 30% of support service positions.Regarding the tax bill, Finance Minister Alexandru Nazare indicated that the new measures aim to encourage tax compliance and combat tax evasion.According to the cited source, the social partners - unions and employers' associations - have submitted their views and analyses regarding the implementation of the measures included in the second government package. "They have also shown their willingness to contribute alongside the Government to the finalization of the subsequent legislation necessary for the implementation of the measures," the press release reads.According to the cited source, the social partners - unions and employers' associations - have submitted their views and analyzes regarding the implementation of the measures included in the second government package. "They have also shown their willingness to contribute alongside the Government to the finalization of the subsequent legislation necessary for the implementation of the measures," the press release states.The meeting of the Tripartite National Council for Social Dialogue was attended, on behalf of the Government, by Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan, Deputy Prime Ministers Marian Neacsu and Tanczos Barna, Minister of Health, Alexandru Rogobete, Minister of Development, Public Works and Administration, Cseke Attila, Secretary General of the Government, Stefan Radu Oprea, Head of the Prime Minister's Chancellery, Mihai Jurca, Minister of Finance, Alexandru Nazare, Minister of Labor, Family, Youth and Social Solidarity, Petre-Florin Manole, Minister of the Environment, Waters and Forests, Diana-Anda Buzoianu, representatives of the other government institutions that are part of this consultation body. (Photo:https://gov.ro/)

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