Bolojan’s unobserved graphics
At the unexpected press conference of Ilie Bolojan were presented some graphs, which have passed almost unobserved.
Bolojan had brought to the Senate 21 graphs, in which the situation of Romania, in figures, about money, workforce, salaries and efficiency.
A vision presented by the liberal leader, conveyed as a possible future prime minister of Romania.
One of the graphs refers to the evolution of inflation and expenses with salaries in Romania (2021-2024), where we find out …
In 4 years, the state wages increased by almost 50%, given that Romania is the penultimate in Europe in terms of the number of 15-64 years who pay for the pension system.
The situation of Romania-3.0-2
- In 2024, Romania received 575 billion lei and spent 727 billion lei (budget deficit of 9.3% of GDP), more than any other EU country
- From 2021 so far we have doubled the annual deficit, in 2021 it was 16 billion euros (80 billion lei), and in 2024 it reached 30 billion euros (152 billion lei).
- Only 46% of taxpayers between 15 and 64 years old contribute to a pension, compared to a European rate of 70%
- 51% of people who no longer work (pension, illness, unemployment …) are between 55 and 64, being in the last place in Europe
« We are in a complicated situation (…). First of all, as a country, we have a very large budget deficit, that is the difference between the revenues we receive and expenses is the largest in Europe (…). The budget deficit was last year at 9.3% of the gross domestic product, so it is a very large deficit, which is accumulated for many years, which means a power, » Bolojan.
Causes identified by Bolojan
- expenses that have not taken into account income
- too small number of active people in the working population
- The small weight of taxpayers to the public pension system out of the total population (46%, penultimate in the EU).
- Due to tax evasion, bad legislation and low administration performance ”(according to Eurostat) Romania is on the antepenultimate place in the EU as a level of tax revenues, of 27.2% of GDP.
According to Inscop, a share of 66.3% of Romanians believe that the country is heading in a wrong direction, while only 24.2% believe that things are in a good direction, says Bolojan in its presentation.
