PSD leader Marcel Ciolacu explained on Tuesday his proposal, made by the coalition, for additional, progressive taxation of the incomes of civil servants who accumulate pensions along with salaries and which exceed the Romanian president’s income of about 25,000 lei gross per month. He claimed that the measure would only target budgets, with no discussion on the private sector at this time.

On Tuesday, Călăcu explained the proposal made in the coalition, saying that it is an “honest and professional approach”, being the object of this excessive taxation only the aggregate pension with a salary that exceeds the gross salary of the President of Romania.

• “We are talking only about the budgetary sphere – if the amount (pension-salary) exceeds the gross salary of the president, 25,000 lei, it is normal to come with an additional tax, because there are two revenues, both from the state budget.
• I believe that the correct approach is additional taxation of the thresholds,” Cholaku noted.

He said that the Ministry of Labor will conduct an analysis to determine how many state employees will find themselves in this situation, that is, they have a combined income – pension and salary – of more than 25 thousand lei gross.

The PSD leader insisted that “the private sphere was not discussed” and that the measure was proposed only for workers who accumulate income from the state: “It was only about income from the Romanian state. If you are retired from the Romanian state and you also work for the state.”