Finance Minister Marcel Bolosh said there was “concern” at European Commission level that, with it being an election year and a general election in 2024, some measures to cut public spending may not be implemented. 100%, reports News.ro.

On Thursday night on Antena 3, Marcel Bolosh was asked about the cancellation of 200,000 jobs and whether representatives of the European Commission confirm that such promises were also made by the former government.

“In addition to the plan of fiscal measures, we in the ruling coalition also agreed to this part of the reduction of public expenses, which is ultimately natural from the point of view of the fairness of spending public funds. There is such concern at the level of the Commission, because 2024 is an election year, and this year, pre-election, there is concern that these measures to reduce public spending will not be implemented 100%,” said the Minister of Finance. said

In response to another question, he stated that the costs that Romania has incurred in supporting Ukraine and “the consequences that the war has had on the Romanian economy are the ones that are putting pressure on the budget deficit, and we are also connected to this current a problem to the expenditure made by our country and which has brought us to this situation where we will have deficit problems with the European Commission for 2023, on the other hand, there have been discussions about this area of ​​expenditure.”