Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan announced on Tuesday evening that the Government aims to finalize the budget project next week and send it to Parliament for debate and adoption.
The Head of Government stated that the priority is to build a realistic budget based on concrete data, not on overestimated revenues, as has happened in previous years. „We aim to close the budget next week and send it to Parliament for adoption,” the Prime Minister said at a press conference.
"A realistic budget"
Ilie Bolojan emphasized that, regardless of the proposed packages of measures, the essential thing is for the budget to be based on real data.
"Regardless of the proposed packages, regardless of the ones that are adopted, a basic element is to avoid what happened in previous years, namely not to create budgets that are not based on real data," the Prime Minister stated.
He specified that he, together with the Finance Minister and the other members of the Government, takes responsibility for a budget where each expense has a clear source of funding.
"The responsibility I assume, together with the Finance Minister and my colleagues in the Government, is to create a realistic budget, and if expenses are proposed, they should be covered by revenues," Bolojan said.
About the solidarity package requested by PSD
Asked about the solidarity package of approximately 3.5 billion lei, supported by PSD and conditioned by the vote on the budget, the Prime Minister stated that all measures are being analyzed, but only those with assured funding will be supported.
"All measures proposed by ministries or political parties (...) are currently being analyzed, and if we identify budget sources to cover them, we will support all projects with budgetary coverage," he said.
PSD has proposed a support package for several vulnerable social categories, worth around 3.5 billion lei, and announced that its vote on the budget is conditioned on the adoption of these measures.
Warning about the deficit
The Prime Minister cited the evolution of the budget deficit in 2025 as an example of the risks generated by unrealistic estimates.
"The biggest mistake we could make is to build a budget based on unrealistic assumptions," Bolojan said.
He recalled that 2025 started with a deficit of 7%, which rose to 7.7% in the middle of the year and reached 8.4% in cash and 9.3% according to the ESA methodology by the end.
"I don't think it's wise to proceed on such an assumption. Building a realistic budget is a basic element that guarantees predictability, ensures an economy that knows where it is heading, guarantees the achievement of deficit and inflation targets, so that, as the effects of these adjustment measures pass, we will see, from this summer, practically the economic recovery," the Prime Minister added.