“The only thing we could do, considering talks with our international partners, would be to postpone the higher excise for another three months but only on diesel fuel and only if it’s economically and not just politically sound,” said Ponta.
At the end of 2013, President Traian Basescu refused to sign the state budget bill into law over the higher excise on diesel fuel and gasoline, which the government had undertaken to introduce as part of its agreement with the International Monetary Fund and the European Commission.
The government agreed at that time to postpone raising the excise duty on fuel for three months, until end-March 2014.