2012 budget “without any increases in salaries or pensions”

The draft budget that the government is preparing stipulates freezing salaries and pensions
throughout next year.

Social contributions will be kept at the same level, since there is no indication of their potential
reduction in the draft budget.

The government has no intention of paying the budget salaries decided upon in court; these
salaries will, however, be paid in even quarterly instalments by the end of the year.

The administration also plans to reduce budget allowances for half of the ministries, including
the Ministries of Education, Culture, Agriculture and Justice, as well as for the parliament.

Prime Minister Emil Boc declared that the next year’s budget was drawn up based on a deficit of 1.9 percent and a forecast economic increase of 2.1 percent.

“I have said from the start that we will not take the elections into account when drawing up the
budget. We have not rushed into increasing pensions and salaries and we shall not do so until we have made sure that it can be done, that is if the economy allows it and there is no decline in the international context.”

“Therefore, if the international context registers no decline, we will be able to consider a certain
increase in salaries and pensions within decent, reasonable limits during the second half of next year, following the first evaluation performed by the European Commission in April-May 2012; we will then know if the scenario for 2012 is on a positive or a negative track”, Prime Minister Emil Boc stated.

He pointed out that the final decision regarding the draft budget belonged to the government and
would be made after going through all the stages of the Social Dialogue.

Incomes will grow by “13.5 percent”

Next year’s budget was drawn up based on a deficit of RON 17 billion, incomes of RON 95
billion - 13.5 percent higher than the ones forecasted for this year- and total expenses of RON
112 billion, a number similar to this year’s expenses.

Given the deficit level and the economic increase agreed upon by the government and the IMF,
the consolidated budget deficit should reach RON 12 billion, RON 5 billion less than that of the
state budget.

The administration also plans to reduce budget allowances for half of the ministries, including
the Ministries of Education, Culture, Agriculture and Justice, as well as for the parliament.

However, the budget of the presidential administration and that of the intelligence services will

The draft budget that the government is preparing stipulates freezing salaries and pensions
throughout next year; in order to support the payment of pensions, another RON 13.8 billion will
be transferred from the state budget.

Translated by: Roxana-Andreea Dragu

MA Student, MTTLC, Bucharest University