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The Minister of Labor, Violeta Alexandru, announced when and how they can increase their pensions.
Thus, the government official said that a decision on another increase in pensions, in addition to the 14% increase applied on September 1, will be taken after the end of this year, when the Government will have a picture of budget revenues, in the context. COVID-19 crisis.
Likewise, the Labor Minister explained that “it would be unconscious to decide what the budget cannot support, only based on an electoral calculation”, accusing that the PSD only “creates some hope.”
Asked if there will be another increase in pensions, Violeta Alexandru explained that the Government is thinking about “the next stages of increase.”
“This decision will be taken after the end of this year. Romania is the only European country that has decided to increase, given that the contributions were lower because we went through a period in which the difficulties were greater for employees and employers.
When this year is over and we see what the budget revenue situation is, we will publicly discuss what can be done in the coming years. These increases must have support ”, explained the Minister of Labor to România TV.
Violeta Alexandru specified that “if you make the decision to increase, you have to continue paying in the coming years.”
“It would be unconscious to decide what the budget cannot support, only from an electoral calculation, only to achieve a political goal. After a difficult period in the economy, the budget cannot support these increases ”, said the Minister of Labor.
Asked if PSD announced the increase in pensions based on an electoral calculation, Violeta Alexandru replied:
“If PSD had the resources at the time of making that decision, it would put it into practice immediately. At the time that decision was made, the economy was not going through the crisis it was going through.”
“Let’s not play with people’s hopes”
The Labor Minister added, on Saturday, to România TV:
“We have assumed that we can do this because we are determined to increase budget revenue. The pandemic has arrived. It was not generated by the Orban Government. The Orban Government is not to blame for its arrival.”
“Let’s not play with people’s hopes. PSD creates some hopes. They position themselves as if they wanted to, we didn’t. It’s not true. Who wouldn’t want to increase their pensions? Why wouldn’t we?”, The Minister of Job.
