Impact Of Wage And Pension Raises Over Past Years
During a three-year period, the Romanian state tripled its financing need for current expenses, from RON10 billion budget deficit to nearly RON28 billion.The latest governments, a technocrat one and the PSD-ALDE Cabinets, raised wages and pensions and, to avoid facing a collapse, they had to resort to more and more expensive loans, which will be paid for dozens of years by both present and future generations.
The current government has heavily stepped on the spending pedal and the budget execution for the first three months of 2018 shows a deficit of 0.48% of the GDP, while the January-March period saw a 0.18% surplus. (cotidianul.ro) Real Madrid Qualifies For Its Third Straight Champions League Final After 2-2 Tie Against Bayern Munchen Real Madrid drew a 2-2 tie against Bayern Munchen on Tuesday, on Santiago Bernabeu.Two goals from Karim Benzema helped Real Madrid advance to their third straight Champions League final 4-3 on aggregate after a scintillating 2-2 draw with Bayern Munich in the second leg of their last-four clash on Tuesday.
Real, who have won three of the past four editions and are seeking their third title in a row, conceded after just three minutes when leg-one goalscorer Joshua Kimmich stabbed past Keylor Navas from close range after Real failed to deal with a Thomas Muller cross into the box.
Bayern Munchen didn’t take long to respond, and it was surprise starter Benzema who did the honours eight minutes later with a simple header of a sumptuous Marcelo cross from the left. (romanialibera.ro)
Liberals Notify Constitutional Court Of Setup Of Special Committee On National Security Laws The Liberal Party’s parliamentary group within the Chamber of Deputies submitted a notification of unconstitutionality regarding the Parliament’s decision to set up a special committee for the national security laws, the Liberal Party said in a statement.On April 18, the Parliament approved the setup of a special parliamentary committee to analyse and update the normative framework with impact in the field of national security. (jurnalul.ro)
Chamber Of Deputies Speaker Liviu Dragnea Gets Complaints Over Bridge Toll Payment Issues
Chamber of Deputies Speaker Liviu Dragnea said Tuesday evening, in a Facebook post, that he had received messages from several people who complained about being unable to pay the bridge toll at Fetesti through text messages.
Dragnea said this is “outrageous” on a day with heavy traffic.
“I got messages from many people saying they could not pay the Fetesti Bridge toll through text messages as they were coming back from the seaside on the Sun Highway, because the system was not working. It is simply outrageous to face payment system issues on a day with heavy traffic on the highway. I sit and wonder whether the contract between the national roads company CNAIR and mobile telecom operators contains obligations for both parties. Don’t citizens have the right to be protected?”, said Dragnea. (puterea.ro)