Economy Minister: We must gather 35 billion until the end of this year. It is not an option, it is an obligation

The Minister of Economy, Radu Miruţă, said on Sunday evening, about the package of deficit reduction measures, that the state must gather 35 billion lei by the end of this year. Miruţă gave assurances that “it will be a temporary issue, until the country's budget is rectified, after which these measures will be relaxed,” Cites News.ro. In addition, the minister also stated that ANAF digitalization, changing ANAF management, the process of reducing state spending start to produce money to next year's budget, not this year.

The Minister of Economy told Digi 24, about the package of fiscal measures, that it starts from the objective that “we have to gather 35 billion until the end of this year, which is not an option, but it is an obligation, otherwise Romania enters a much worse situation.”

“To gather the 35 billion there are several components. One, to reduce the state's expenses. The second, have a better collection. And the third, because you are very time to gather this money until the end of this year, when the first two measures do not bring the money immediately, but rather to generate the money next year. Romanians, “said Miruţă.

“Romania is a sick patient today, and a wrong treatment has been given”

He said that they are Romanians who tell him that a tax affects them and others do not. “It is true and I understand, it is. (…) is not an option. For what reason I arrived here? Each Romanian knows who led the country, what decisions were made, how they were made. I entered this meal with the objective of reducing these expenses. It is a sick patient Romania today. Rationals, we made our school in time, at the moment, this is the solution ”.

Miruţă gave assurances that “it will be a temporary issue, until the country's budget is rectified, after which these measures will be relaxed.”

“Today, if we are to be honest with ourselves, without looking at those who have generated this problem, it is not another solution. The option is to be the taxes, but not being these taxes is a fool who does not solve the problem. this is done by this government Ilie Bolojan, ”stressed Radu Miruţă.

“The process of reducing state spending will bring money to the budget only next year”

He also said that the measures to reduce the expenses and a better collection are with a higher inertia.

“This is somehow the difficult challenge of this government. It has to start with an increase in taxes in parallel with the other measures, but the increase in taxes screams louder, it hurts louder. The money will be collected, on the projection that the Minister of Finance has made, from the reduction of the state spending and from a better collection to the VAT, starting with the VAT, starting with the next year. The state expenses begin to produce money on the budget next year, not this year, ”explained the minister.

“This is the sin we have to take behind, if we really want to look at the problem. I said, who have been managed in the past by the political leadership of this country, ”he added.