The measures in the government agenda will be transformed into legislative projects and ordinances, and the deadline is August 1, Finance Minister Alexandru Nazare said on Tuesday."The measures included in the government agenda will be transformed into legislative projects, ordinances that the ministry will promote. And, of course, meeting the deadlines that exist in the government agenda, we will start, we are already working.... Every measure of the governing agenda will be included. The deadline we are talking about is August 1, we are working on these things, and I will answer you when the legislative packages are finalised. They are in the works," said Nazare, after an office handover ceremony at the Finance Ministry.He added that the impact of each measure will be detailed when each legislative project will be presented."As we stand today: deficit 3.4%, RON 64 billion, approximately equivalent in percentage to last year's deficit in May, nominally RON 4 billion more, arrears considered recoverable at ANAF of RON 38.5 billion. It is debatable how much they are recoverable, but that's how they are, this is the T0 moment for ANAF's arrears. The confidence of the rating agencies is based on what we do from now on, on the measures we will take from now on and the European Commission and so on. We gave a very good signal through the agenda on which the current government led by Prime Minister Bolojan was given the vote of confidence. I want to thank him in this way for coming to the Ministry of Finance and giving a very strong signal to ANAF, Customs and Anti-Fraud, to start doing their job in the most serious way."Asked about the announced discussions with a rating agency, the minister said that it is normal that immediately after the government is sworn in there are discussions with each rating agency and with the European Commission."It is a very important signal that the government has been formed. And of course, these discussions begin. It's very good that we have them and it's very good that this time we have them at an adequate level of representation. That is, at the level of minister and prime minister," Nazare said.
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The president of S.O.S. Romania, Diana Iovanovici Șoșoacă, announced on Monday, June 30, that three senators were expelled from the party, effectively disbanding the party’s group in the Senate. According to the Romanian Parliament’s regulations, a party must have more than seven members to establish a group in the Senate. With the expulsion of the […]
Chinese social media platform TikTok has reportedly opened a branch in Romania, following public criticism, along with governmental and EU-level scrutiny, after Romania’s last presidential elections. The local company is called Tik Tok Romania, has a share capital of RON 5,000, and provides other IT-related service activities. It will be managed by Laura Andreea Savu, […]
