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Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity Marius Budai said on Tuesday that he will in no way give up on raising pensions, because raising them is a necessity, Agerpres reports.
The minister referred to renegotiating a 9.4%-of-GDP cap on government's state pension outlays included in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR).
"There was a discussion at Cotroceni at the beginning of the year in which I endorsed exactly this [pension increases] including in relation to renegotiating that 9.4% of GDP arbitrarily set by Mr Ghinea of the Save Romania Union (USR). Mr. Iohannis inquired into that. We ought not to let the illogical actions of USR under PNRR affect millions of pensioners. We are under an obligation to defend the rights of pensioners," said Budai.
