Finance Minister Marcel Bolosh said in an interview with Digi 24 on Wednesday that if the government does not take all the measures required by the European Commission regarding special pensions, tax evasion and fiscal reforms, Romania will lose billions of euros, the money of Europeans.

“A relevant and urgent topic,” says Bolosh, is “the reform of special pensions, the condition for which is the sum of 1.4 billion euros.”

“The seniority of contributions is a strong point in the discussion with the European Commission, because it is unnatural to have the last month of salary in the calculation for determining the future pension. The calculation base should be significantly expanded during the period. The Commission’s request concerned 10 years. That is, a more consistent history of contributions that would generate a pension and the right to a pension that beneficiaries of the state pension system have. And the retirement age is a topic for discussion,” Bolosh told Digi 24.

“We don’t discuss stories there when we negotiate with the European Commission, but we discuss the commitments made, down to the decimal point. Therefore, we have to respect these commitments, and we have made quite serious commitments regarding taxation. “, he added.

Specifically, the Commission has the opportunity to cut us around €1.4 billion.

Finance Minister Marcel Bolosh said on Monday that in the near future it is difficult to believe that all 26 hospitals in the PNRR will be implemented, and that the most correct thing for Romania is to analyze such situations with pragmatism, so as not to lose money from non-realizations.

“It will depend a lot on the reform coordinators. Now is a period when we do not take into account that we have not implemented these projects, but a long deadline is coming. (..) If they are not fulfilled by this deadline, it will not be good for those reform coordinators.

(..) In 2026, whoever will be the minister will have to answer why he did not implement the projects and we are losing money, it will not be easy for him to explain and blame the bureaucracy or the fact that the beneficiaries did not implement the contractual financing. It will certainly be very difficult for them to explain why Romania lost money, why Romania is not implementing highways or educational projects or other priority areas for the country,” he added.

Asked last week whether the European Commission was calling for a 20% tax on special pensions in Romania, Finance Minister Marcel Bolosh admitted that there was pressure on the government in Bucharest.

Regarding special pensions, Çolaku said in response to a question that during the meetings with European officials, “absolutely nothing concrete was discussed about the law on special pensions”, and experts will discuss this issue next week.

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