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Minister of Public Finance Eugen Teodorovici, on Thursday refused in Alba Iulia to comment on his statement regarding the limitation of the working permit to maximum 5 years, in EU member states, and claimed he did not hear any slogans against him from protesters.
"I said what I had to say. Full-blooded Romanian, that's all," said Eugen Teodorovici, upon exiting from the Union Hall, where the Government held a festive meeting.
In what concerns the slogans some protesters chanted against him, the Minister said he did not hear a thing.
Minister of Public Finance Eugen Teodorovici, on Wednesday said that his statement on the limitation of the working permit to maximum 5 years, in an EU member states, has nothing to do with the Government's standpoint and he added that it was just an "unfortunate phrase."
The Minister of Finance specified that his statement on Tuesday was made at a conference "related to an important topic, the workforce crisis."
The Minister specified that "it might have been an unfortunate statement or an unfortunate phrase" and specified that his intentions are "pro-European" and his actions are "to the best interest of Romanians and nothing else."
Teodorovici stated on Tuesday in a debate in Parliament that the working permit should be limited to 5 years without the right for a renewal in the same country.
"I also proposed this topic to my counterparts, the finance ministers of Europe and I said that it might sound, I don't know, maybe a little bit restrictive or of a different nature, (...) but it is what it is and we must learn at European level that, as poorer an area becomes, as richer another one becomes, while somewhere everything breaks. The European Union's interest, if we are truly leaders, and I refer now to the European leaders, at European level, it must be that cohesion, a true social political cohesion. You don't feed the Western side and leave the rest of the Europe to face all kinds of issues, you leave it outside. So, the limitation of the right to work. What is this all about, for I know there will be news again that Teodorovici wants to reform Europe. The working permit should be the same in terms of time in all states. One shouldn't have the right to renew the working permit after the first one, so that you are forced to migrate to Europe. For this way, if one stays in Germany and continues to receive working permit there, he/she will never return to work in Croatia or Romania, meaning in the country where the workforce left. Which is what we need to discuss such measure. Maximum 5 years and after 5 years good bye, you go to another country and look for a job," said Teodorovici.
