Romania’s new PM promises to increase wages and pensions

Romania must continue to increase wages, the new prime minister Viorica Dancila said on Monday as she addressed the Parliament before her cabinet got the confidence vote.

She added that the minimum net wage will reach over EUR 300 per month in 2020.

“I want Romanians to have salaries as close as possible to those in the European Union. The salary increases in the past year have reduced the number of doctors who leave the country by 70%. This is the way to go: increase salaries. In 2020, the minimum net wage will go over EUR 300,” Dancila said.

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