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Business association Concordia argues better budgetary discipline will create fiscal space in Romania

October 8, 2025

Romania is currently spending 7.5% of its public budget, the third-highest ratio in the European Union after Hungary and Italy, because of the high borrowing cost (6% for the 10-year debt, compared to 4.6% paid by non-investment grade Serbia) and despite the lower debt-to-GDP ratio. Streamlining public spending, besides just hiking revenues/taxes, would reduce the borrowing cost and make available significant resources for investments, the business association Concordia argued in a report on...

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