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Prime Minister Florin Citu stated, on Thursday, that, once the vulnerable consumer law enters into force, the subsidies for heating should be applied only to those persons who need aid.
The Prime Minister added that, from what he knows, Bucharest has the highest subsidy for heating, although it has the highest income per capita.
Asked whether he maintains that once the vulnerable consumer law comes into force, this subsidy for heating should not be granted anymore by local authorities, the Prime Minister explained: "Exactly. So what I'm saying, at this time, we should move in the direction where only those who need it will receive this subsidy, the others should pay, but the others should put pressure on energy producers to increase efficiency."
"We all know that, in fact, a large part of the cost that we pay is represented by losses in the system because investments aren't being made, and so forth. We have to cut things somehow and (...) we either have efficient companies, or... We can't support inefficiency from the budget forever," Citu emphasized.
The Prime Minister mentioned that the vulnerable consumer law would benefit 550,000 households, meaning nearly one million persons. AGERPRES
