The amended budget will be announced following consultations with the International Monetary Fund, Georgescu said.

In June, Romania and the IMF decided to raise slightly the target for the 2012 cash deficit to 2.2% of the gross domestic product, from 1.9% of GDP initially.

The move should allow the government to finance a phased increase in public-sector salaries following a 25% pay cut in the summer of 2010, while keeping the ESA95 gap comfortably within the 3% of GDP target.