Sorin Grindeanu spoke with Commissioner Roxana Mânzatu about the freezing of the minimum wage. “He told me that he was entering an infringement zone”

The interim president of the PSD, Sorin Grindeanu, says that he spoke with the European commissioner Roxana Mînzatu, about a freeze on the minimum wage, as the prime minister Ilie Bolojan wants, and she told him that he is entering an infringement zone, but that he will try to have a discussion with the prime minister and will look for a solution, informs News.ro.

The interim president of the PSD, Sorin Grindeanu, said that at the weekend there was a meeting of the Party of European Socialists in Amsterdam, where the European Commissioner Roxana Mânzatu was also present, who has this field in her portfolio, being the executive vice-president.

“I asked her, having discussions in the coalition regarding the minimum wage, growth, what happens if the minimum wage is frozen as the government wants and how was the proposal from the prime minister, if we are not coming into collision with certain European provisions and if we are not entering an infringement zone. She told me that yes, we are entering such an area, but that she will try to have a discussion with the prime minister, I don't know if they have had it today or yesterday, to explain to him, to find solutions, so that we don't put even greater pressure on the budget”, declared Sorin Grindeanu, at the Parliament.

“He told me that he can find and will look for a solution from this point of view”, the PSD leader also affirmed.

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.