Ilie Bolojan says that there is also a reform of military and public order pensions: “It is abnormal to see that the chief of police in Sibiu retired at 47 years old”
Ilie Bolojan / Inquam Photos / Octav Ganea
After the reform of the public administration, the Government will move towards the reform of the military pension system and the public order sector. “It is a necessity related to our demographic realities and the sustainability of the pension system,” said Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan in an interview with G4Media.
Asked if he will also reform the military pensions, Prime Minister Bolojan confirmed and said that such a change will be made on the model of the magistrates' pensions.
“And this must be done, because no matter what is said, it is abnormal to see a news that the police chief of Sibiu retired at the age of 47. Can you imagine what our citizens think when they see such news? So raising the retirement age as close as possible to the standard age must be done.
It is part of the management pack. Once the administration package is adopted, the next step is – following the model of magistrates' pensions – to do this in the public order and defense sector as well. This is the reality and it is not a wish of a prime minister. It is a labor market necessity. It is a necessity related to our demographic realities and the sustainability of the pension system. We have no one to replace these people with. If people retire at 50, at 52, this is no longer bearable,” said Bolojan.
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The Defense Budget in 2026. Bolojan: “There is no way we can reach 3% of GDP”
As for the Defense budget in 2026, Bolojan said that it will not be 3% of GDP, but it will be higher than last year.
“There is no way we can go to 5%, we don't have the fiscal space for this. We have to discuss very openly. But we will respect our commitments to increase the share allocated to defense by a few percentages, not very high. Now we are working on the budget projection. We have a deficit target of 6.2% of GDP, we aim to reduce inflation to 4-4.5% and the budget of the Ministry of Defense will also be a little more higher than last year's. It could be 2.3% of GDP. I don't want to come up with some figures, because now there are discussions with the ministry. I don't think we can reach 3% of GDP,” said Bolojan.
In 2025, the Ministry of National Defense (MApN) received, when the budget was adopted, 2.2 percent of the GDP, i.e. 42.7 billion lei (over 8.5 billion euros), but at the end of the year, upon rectification, it received another 1.6 billion lei for investments.
The Minister of National Defense, Radu Miruţă, recently stated that the Army spent 99.83% of the allocated money, that is, almost 2.17% of the GDP.
