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| Economic Measures and Initiatives 25/11/2010 |
| (2010-11-25) |
| Last updated: 2010-11-26 14:08 EET |
If Romania stays on the path of reform it has started, it will see an economic growth rate of 1.5 to 2% in 2011, reads a forecast of the European Commission, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. To make sure things go as planed, the government in Bucharest has taken a number of new measures.
The Romanian authorities say they plan to tackle the fiscal policy related to salaries and investments to generate development and new jobs. The efforts to put order into the salary system are also part of their plans. The framework for the application of the salary law in 2011 was adopted on Wednesday by the government before being submitted to a vote of confidence in Parliament.
The main provisions of the law refer to the increase in the salaries of state employees as of January to the value prior to the 25% cut operated in summer and the establishment of the minimum wage at 670 lei, that is 155 euros.
Prime minister Emil Boc explained that for the time being, Romania’s economy does not allow for more substantial increases: “Basic salaries in October 2010 are to increase by 15%. This is all Romania can afford at the moment, given the crisis we are still facing and the need to meet our deficit targets for 2011.”
The labour minister Ioan Botis believes the new salary law is transparent, fair and sustainable and provides predictability for state employees, creating a direct link between the public system and the economic system. This view is not, however, shared by trade unions, which said they would go to court to recover the lost rights.
They argue that by adopting the current version of the salary law, the government once again demonstrated that its measures are imposed, not negotiated. The government also regulated the introduction of the co-payment mechanism for medical services to take effect next year, a move expected to bring considerable sums to the healthcare system.
Exempt from this system are about 8 million people, including persons under 18, students aged between 18 and 26 with no incomes, pensioners with incomes of less than 700 lei, as well as patients who are covered by national health programmes and have no incomes. The health minister Attila Cseke says each patient is to receive a so-called “health ticket” when paying for services rendered by GPs or hospitals, with the exception of emergency services, while no co-payment will be accepted for services exceeding 600 lei.
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