Romania: government blocks pension increase, angering pensioners who threaten to go down in the street

iament adopted the 2010 budget. Because of the severe recession which affected the country in 2009, this budget is very strict. The pension scheme is one of the many victims of this budget contraction. (Ref. 100053)

No increase in 2010; Romanian pensions will remain at the same level as in October 2009 and won’t be increased, contrary to what the existing legislation provides. This is what the center-right government of Prime Minister Emil Boc decided. It explained its decision by the lack of r