The leader of UDMR, Kelemen Hunor. PHOTO: Inquam Photos / Simion Sebastian Tataru
The president of UDMR, Kelemen Hunor, said on Sunday on Antena 3 that “it is not the time” for an increase in the minimum wage in 2026 and claims that the other partners in the coalition also agreed with “this conclusion proposed by the prime minister”.
“Last week we discussed this matter and we all agreed that we will not raise the minimum wage starting next year. That was the discussion last week,” said Kelemen Hunor.
Asked if the PSD also agreed, given the public positions of the social democrats, the UDMR leader replied: “Yes, yes, yes, everyone. They said it should, but everyone understands that at the moment you lose more on the economic side than you win on the budgetary side.”
“Sure, if someone wants a resumption of discussions, it is possible, but last week we reached this conclusion proposed by the prime minister, to stay with the minimum wage in 2026 as we had it in 2025, and, of course, as far as we are concerned, we support this option, because it is not the time”, continued Kelemen Hunor.
When asked about the minimum wage on Thursday, the spokeswoman for the Government, Ioana Dogioiu, said that Prime Minister Bolojan said that, “in principle, it will not increase”.
In response, the former finance minister Adrian Câciu declared that “PSD strongly supports the increase of the minimum gross salary from January 1, 2026”.
“Those who say it's not growing, can go home or, please, to their employers. (…) I'm waiting for them to recover! If not, let them go!”, Adrian Câciu said.
The former social-democratic labor minister Marius Budai had made a similar statement regarding the minimum wage on Tuesday, saying that it “will increase next year”: “I assure you of this! PSD will not accept the violation of national and European legislation that regulates the European minimum wage.”
