The government has adopted the increase in VAT, excise duties and other rates from August to prevent the lowering of rating below the investment level and unblock access to EU funds.
A wide coalition of four pro-European parties took power in late June, ending a multi-month political stalemate after the presidential election were canceled in December and repeated in May.
The parties hesitated to agree to increases that criticized employers and trade unions, while thousands of workers in the public sector organized protests.
The ultimate right opposition filed a motion for voting mistrust on Monday and said that it would take more proposals.
“I understand that the position does not agree with the measures proposed by the Government,” Bolojan said.
“But what are the solutions? On the one hand, we were told that the problems in the economy are serious, from the other not to take these measures. We can’t both.”
Although all four parties in the government approved increases, social democrats, the largest coalition party without which the ruling majority cannot survive, criticized them today.
“We must quickly correct some of the absurdities from this first package of measures,” Sorin Grindean, said for continuous political support.
Bologane said earlier this month that the coalition government would do everything possible to reduce the deficit to about 8 percent of GDP by the end of the year from last year’s 9.3 percent. This is more than the initial goal of 7 percent this year, and the government will the budget deficit, as it says, seek to bring closer 6 percent in 2026. years. Years. Years.
According to Romanian law, tax measures could be challenged in the Constitutional Court, and the opposition said that last week they would try to do it.
(Vijesti.ba / Hina)
