Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu coordinated on Saturday the consultations on the preparation of social and economic measures and the budget package for the year 2025, which took place at the meeting of the Tripartite National Council for Social Dialogue, held at the Victoria Palace, a Government's press release informed, informs Agerpres.
According to the cited source, for the basis of the general consolidated budget for 2025, the Government will okay, through an emergency ordinance, fiscal-budgetary measures to streamline state spending and reduce the budget deficit. The fiscal-budgetary measures will have the impact of reducing budget expenses by 19 billion RON, equivalent to 1% of the Gross Domestic Product, the Government announced.
"At the level of the Government, we have undertaken to ensure economic stability and responsibly manage the country's resources. We will continue to focus on improving the quality of people's lives, especially those with low incomes, and on supporting investments, under the conditions of maintaining a rigorous control over public expenses," said the prime minister, quoted in the press release.
According to the head of the Cabinet, during the year 2024, approximately 69 billion RON - respectively 3.92% of GDP - represent essential investments and expenses, such as those with salary increases in the public sector - in the health system, education, defense, pension increases, payments for capping energy prices, health expenses, subsidies for public transport etc.
The employers' representatives considered necessary the measures to limit the state's expenses and appreciated that a major and urgent effort is needed to combat tax evasion, the quoted press release informs.
The meeting with the representatives of employers and unions was attended by Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, Deputy Prime Minister Marian Neacsu, Minister of Finance, Deputy Prime Minister Tanczos Barna, Minister of Economy, Digitalization, Entrepreneurship and Tourism, Bogdan Ivan, Minister of Energy, Sebastian Burduja, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Florin Barbu, Minister of European Investments and Projects, Marcel Bolos, Minister of Education and Research, Daniel-Ovidiu David, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emil Hurezeanu, Minister of Environment, Waters and Forestry, Mircea Fechet, Minister of Health, Alexandru Rafila.