Ponta reiterated he is confident next year’s state budget will be that proposed by his Social Liberal Union, which he expects will win a parliamentary election due on December 9.
Finance Minister Florin Georgescu said in September the 2013 state budget would be presented within 15 days when the post-election Cabinet takes office. Romanian law sets the annual state budget needs to be approved in Parliament by October 15 but Georgescu said derogation has been agreed with the International Monetary Fund, the European Commission, and the World Bank.