The government today assumes responsibility for the new project to amend magistrates' pensions / What the law provides
The Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, November 18, 2025. Inquam Photos / George Călin
Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan goes to the Parliament on Tuesday afternoon to pledge his responsibility on the reform of magistrates' pensions, which increases the retirement age of magistrates.
According to the official schedule, on Tuesday, at 2:30 p.m., the joint solemn meeting of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate dedicated to the anniversary of the National Day of Romania – December 1 is scheduled.
At the closing of the solemn meeting, the joint plenary session will take place, during which the Government's responsibility for the draft law for magistrates' pensions is scheduled.
The initial project of the Bologna Government to modify the magistrates' pensions had been rejected by the Constitutional Court on the grounds that the Executive did not wait for the issuance of the CSM's opinion, be it negative or positive. On Thursday, the CSM gave its opinion on the draft law. He is negative.
What the project adopted by the Government provides
The government approved, in Friday's meeting, the new project to modify the pensions of magistrates, which increases the retirement age of magistrates, one of the reforms that Romania has committed to implement through the National Recovery and Resilience Program.
The draft law stipulates that the pension be equal to 70% of the last net salary, as in the previous form proposed by the Bolojan Government, rejected by the Constitutional Court.
The transition period, however, increased from 10 to 15 years. Concretely, this means that in 15 years, magistrates will retire at 65.
Each year, the retirement age will increase by one year until, in 2042, prosecutors and judges retire at 65.
According to the draft law, the amount of the service pension will be 55% of the calculation base, represented by the average of the gross allowances of the last 60 months, but not more than 70% of the last net allowance received in the activity.
Magistrates will still be able to retire early, provided they have 35 years of service, but if they have not reached the age of 65, an annual penalty of “2% until they reach the standard retirement age in the public system” will be applied.
Currently, the service pension of magistrates represents 80% of the last gross salary.
