Loading ...In a speech to a joint meeting of Parliament on Monday, President Traian Basescu urged the Romanian political class to display solidarity and responsibility and approve the measures required for diminishing the effects of the ongoing economic crisis and for securing the modernisation of the country.
The President insisted that bold and sweeping structural reforms are required to be taken as soon as possible and in the most ordered manner, saying the Romania is a country that faces a huge social and economic gap separating it from the other European Union member states.
The President insisted that bold and sweeping structural reforms are required to be taken as soon as possible and in the most ordered manner, saying the Romania is a country that faces a huge social and economic gap separating it from the other European Union member states.
„State reform is the operative word. If reform were not carried out, no Government and no large majority would justify their existence before the citizens. A modernised Romania can come out stronger from the global economic crisis,” said Basescu, adding that Parliament should become a more active participant in securing consistency for Government action.
The President added that the incumbent Government , which enjoys a 70-percent parliamentary majority, has to be geared toward diminishing the effects of the crisis, toward dialogue with the citizens and also toward modernising the country. He also said that this Government can be Romania's chance of overcoming the crisis at small costs that are also fairly distributed. The head of state argued that it takes a large and transparent majority to overcome this exceptionally difficult situation Romania is passing through.
The President accused what he called the lack of budgetary prudence of the past two years, arguing that the absence of reforms in 2007 and 2008 is now being paid by the country's people.
„For these reasons, Romania can no longer afford rising public spending, as other EU member states currently can,” said Basescu, adding that Romania is also paying the price for a politicised public administration.
„For these reasons, Romania can no longer afford rising public spending, as other EU member states currently can,” said Basescu, adding that Romania is also paying the price for a politicised public administration.
Out of the nearly 300,000 jobs created over the past years, he said, more than half are in the public sector, criticising what he called an excess of public administration staff.
He also called for the drawing up urgent reform strategies for the healthcare, education and justice systems, highlighting the need for the reform of the public administration and saying that it takes the political willingness of the two parties in the leading coalition to succeed.
He pointed out that Romania currently has 2 billion euros in unused funds extended by international financial institutions. „Romania has started paying commissions fees of millions of euros a year for non -use,” the President said, adding that Romania needs an external loan as a safety belt to overcome the ongoing economic crisis.
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