Ilie Bolojan Photo: Inquam Photos / George Călin
Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan spoke about the budget constraints that Romania faces on Wednesday, at Antena 3, and said that the government will have to make “discounts in the central administration”.
The prime minister promised “mergers of central institutions” in the next period.
“We will have to make discounts in the central administration. This package only resolves the local administration, but you will see, starting the next week, fusion of central institutions, so as to reduce our expenses. Because for good people say, good, we have some additional expenses, you do what we have to do, not to pay, Everyone, ”said Ilie Bolojan.
He said that “the reduction of operating costs, where they are not justified, is a necessity in the next period.”
“Think about the budget from the beginning of this year-I try to give some rounded figures-on expenses of about 800 billion and on a deficit of almost 135 billion, so over 7%. Sure, what I found after the first six months, even though on the first six months the deficit was held tightly, it was not to be held, it was not to be held, it was not to be held. explained Ilie Bolojan.
According to the prime minister, Romania will pay about 10 billion euros this year only for the interest rates contracted in the past.
“The interests that Romania pays were estimated at a certain value. They will be at least 2 billion euros, so over 10 billion, surplus of funds. Romanians must understand that, practically, every year, Romania, in order to function under these conditions, has borrowed with amounts that sometimes mean 25-30 billion The value of 10 billion euros, only the interest on the credits we took, ”said Ilie Bolojan.
