Appearing on Europa FM’s “Romania Live” program, Ilie Bolojan explained that the order of the fiscal measures the government took to reduce the deficit was not ideal, but rather dictated by the economic situation and pressure from European institutions.
“You don’t do things in the order you’d like, but in the order dictated by reality. When this government took office, there was immense pressure on Romania because it had failed to meet its commitments to correct the deficit,” the prime minister said.
He explained that Romania risked sanctions if it did not adopt measures quickly: “We had to present a package of measures by mid-July, otherwise there was a risk of European funds being suspended.”
The prime minister admitted that, normally, he would have started by cutting spending: “It seems like normal logic to me—first you cut spending, you stop the losses, and only then, if you can’t balance the budget, when you’re spending more than you can afford, do you turn...

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