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PM Ciolacu aims high: Romania will surpass Austria by GDP at PPP per capita soon

October 1, 2024

Complaining about delayed Schengen membership for Romania and speaking of the OCDE membership as the new target, prime minister Marcel Ciolacu assured in an interview with TV station Antena 3 that the country will soon surpass Austria by GDP per capita measured in PPP.

Unless Austria faces a major economic crisis, this implies that Romania would surpass in terms of economic performance other countries such as Sweden, Germany or France. As of 2023, Austria's GDP per capita...

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