The Minister of Finance presents on Thursday the economic recovery measures / “In principle it will be a draft law and it will include a fiscal component and another state aid component”

The Minister of Finance, Alexandru Nazare, announced on Wednesday that the package of economic recovery measures, resulting both from the contribution of all the partners in the governing coalition and from the dialogue with the business environment, will be put to public consultation on Thursday. “Right now, in principle, there will be a draft law that the Government will take responsibility for alongside the draft law on public administration reform, so they will be promoted together. A decision will probably be taken on Friday in the Coalition,” Government sources told HotNews.ro.

Declaration and payment of profit tax will be June 25

The package of economic recovery measures has a fiscal component and another state aid component for companies, Government sources told HotNews.ro.

State aid schemes for companies that existed until now will be updated and improved, but new aid schemes in other areas will also be added.

They are measures of economic stimulation and support and simplification for companies, especially SMEs, according to HotNews.ro sources.

“One of the simplification measures is the permanency of the deadline for declaring and paying the profit tax for June 25, starting with the year 2026. This deadline has been changing in the last 4 years, sometimes in February, sometimes in March”, Government sources told HotNews.ro.

The Minister of Finance, on Facebook: In 2026 we are changing the paradigm of Romania's development

The launch of economic recovery measures in public consultation was announced on Facebook on Wednesday by the Minister of Finance, Alexandru Nazare, after a series of discussions with dialogue partners from the business environment.

“It is essential that a sustainable package of measures to accelerate the economy includes the state's response to the concrete needs of the private environment,” said Nazare, thanking the representatives of Concordia, Romanian Business Leaders (RBL), AmCham Romania and the Foreign Investors Council (FIC) and all other employers' associations that submitted proposals.

“2026 must be the year in which we change the paradigm of Romania's development and shift the focus from an economy based on consumption to one based on massive investments and added value – this is the central message conveyed in all recent technical discussions.

Why do we do this? Because Romania needs a long-term strategic direction, a predictable and responsible framework that stimulates investments, competitiveness and the creation of sustainable jobs”, said Nazare.

The Minister of Finance emphasizes that the package of economic measures that will be presented on Thursday “is a result of teamwork at the level of the entire Government” and that he has every confidence that it will be well received by entrepreneurs and the business environment.

The coalition has not decided how it will adopt the reform in the administration and the package of measures

Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan declared on January 30, in an interview with G4Media.ro, that this week it will be decided whether to adopt the reform in the administration through an emergency ordinance or the assumption of responsibility. He also said that the administration reform will be adopted simultaneously with a package of economic recovery measures.

We remind you that the PSD delayed the reform package in the central and local administration by a few months and made it conditional on the adoption of a set of economic recovery measures.

The fastest solution would be through an emergency Ordinance

Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan declared on January 27, in a previous interview in an interview with RFI, that if the option of adoption through an Emergency Ordinance is chosen, there will be two emergency ordinances, and if the hiring of responsibility in Parliament is chosen, this will also be done on two separate draft laws.

Both options have certain advantages, but also risks, he explained.

“The adoption through the GEO makes it possible for the legislation to appear in a very short time, there is certainly the risk of further modification in the Parliament. The liability side avoids the risk of further modification, but it is a procedure that can last 2-3 weeks, including an appeal to the CCR and we see what happens with the legislation on the pensions of magistrates, where due to the consecutive postponements that the CCR decided, we unfortunately risk losing the 231 million euros that represent the milestone of PNRR, the money withheld for the non-fulfillment of this measure to reform the magistrates' pensions”, said Bolojan.

He also said that “after an analysis is done on this topic, we will adopt the formula that makes the two packages of laws promulgate the fastest. The emergency ordinance would be the fastest solution.”