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On Friday, President Klaus Iohannis called on Romanians to abide by the new set of rules imposed by the government and claimed that the measures taken in October proved effective, with a cap on the number of new cases of coronavirus infection.
“We have an impact from the set of measures imposed by the government in October. We have a visible limit on the number of new infections. That’s good news. We have to be honest and say that the maximum limit of 10,000 is too high. I ask you to follow the measurements and be patient. We will have to wait 2 to 3 weeks until the new measures produce the desired effects, “said the head of state, in a statement made in Cotroceni.
The president held a meeting on Friday morning on the subject of the National Economic Recovery Plan, with Prime Minister Ludovic Orban and the Ministers of Finance and European Funds, Florin Cîțu and Marcel Boloș.
The most important statements:
- Two topics today: the pandemic and the economy. The alert has been extended 30 days and since Monday of this week a new set of measures is in force.
- A few observations on the state of alert, let us remember that in mid-October the Government extended the state of alert and instituted a series of measures. Here we have an impact of that set of measures, I repeat, the measures of October. We have, for about two weeks, a visible limit on the number of new infections. This is good news and shows us that the measures are working.
- On the other hand, we see very clearly that we must be patient and we must respect these measures. This spike effect came after the set in October, not after the set now, on Monday.
- But we have to be honest and say that the ceiling of 10,000 is too high. We have too many serious cases in Intensive Care and we have too many deaths, and then we needed a new set of measures, the set that went into effect on Monday.
- Again, I ask that you follow the measurements and be patient. We will have to wait two to three weeks for the new set of measures to produce the desired effects, the desired effects: stop the pandemic, reduce or at least limit the number of new infections, limit severe cases and, obviously, expect a reduction. of mortality. These things are extremely, extremely important.
- I ask you all: follow the new set of measures! These measures are necessary for everyone’s health, so that doctors have the opportunity to treat serious cases in hospitals.
- Now regarding the economic situation, we have new data on the third quarter and although we are obviously in an economic crisis and the economy performed less than in the comparison period of previous years, we still have good news. Comparison with the second quarter of this year shows that the economy is recovering. We have a notable increase over the previous quarter, around 5%, which shows us that the measures taken in economic terms were correct, they were just measures and, very importantly, we avoided what is called a technical recession.
- To propose new measures, to give a decisive boost to the economy, to enter a phase of solid recovery, money is needed. We will receive this money from European funds.
- Today I had a discussion with the prime minister, with the relevant ministers, to find a very good way for what is called the National Recovery and Resilience Plan. It is a comprehensive plan and we will have more than 30 – attention – 30 billion euros of European funds, to finance the measures of this plan.
- The project is very close to completion, it is a very broad measure, which refers to reforms, infrastructure measures and many sectors that need to modernize, but also recover.
- We will present this National Recovery and Resilience Plan to the public next week, and we will have a public debate to include all relevant opinions, and then we will present the plan to Brussels and next year we will start funding recovery and resilience.
- This is very good news and I am convinced that with these funds we will be able to bring the economy to the level that we all want and have, obviously, economic growth in 2021, and in the coming years, which will allow us not only to get out of the crisis, but to have real growth, which, in the end, will be felt in everyone’s pocket.
