​After returning from a visit to the US, Prime Minister Marcel Čolaku criticized Finance Minister Marcel Bolos at a cabinet meeting on Friday over the GEO project on tax measures from January 1, 2014. “I noticed that in my absence the Minister of Finance was not bored again. He had to refute the supposed tax measures, which do not exist for 2024,” said Cholaku.

• “I noticed that in my absence the Minister of Finance was not bored again. He had to again debunk the alleged fiscal measures that do not exist for 2024.
• But in reality there are data on GDP growth for 9 months of this year. We have a lead of 2.2%, with which we are in 3rd place in Europe.
• Growth in the 3rd quarter was stable and supported by large public investments.
• Therefore, today we will also replenish the funds of the Ministry of Development to allow the completion of all investments planned for this year.” This was announced by Prime Minister Marcel Cholaku on Friday.

This was announced by the Prime Minister this weekend will work on the draft budget for 2024, where investments will have a priority component. Çolaku said that education would also receive more financial allocations, but after Romania’s results in the Pisa test, the prime minister asked the minister of education, Ligia Decu, to propose a solution on the performance criteria in education.

The Prime Minister’s clarifications came after the media reported on Thursday that the Government is preparing to approve a new GEO project on fiscal budget measures from January 1, 2024.

The GEO project envisages a 20% increase in salaries for sappers, and for teachers next year – in two stages. Allowances will be kept at the level of December of this year, additional work will be compensated only by the corresponding free time, and the filling of vacant positions will be suspended, except for fully justified cases, which will be approved by the Government Memorandum.

Another measure provided for in this document is aimed at delaying for 2 years the increase in the contribution to the II level of pensions from 3.75% to 4.75% only from January 2026, and not from January 1, 2024, as was decided by the government earlier. GEO in March 2022.

After the scandal caused, including the statements of HotNews.ro Minister Bolos, who said that he does not believe that the budget can support this measure from January 1, 2024, and that the decision on the budget must first be made in the Coalition deficit.

Later, Marcel Bolosh returned to Facebook, saying that the increase in the contribution to level II pensions will not be postponed, but the problem of the sustainability of the deficit remains open and involves the identification of solutions that should be included in the fiscal and budgetary plan. strategy.