PM Ciuca: If budget allows, PNL proposal for increasing pensions is 15%

The chairman of the National Liberal Party (PNL), Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca, declared on Monday that the liberals support the increase of pensions by 15% if the budget allows it.

"We discussed at the party level that we need to find that solution to cover the increase in inflation. The increase in inflation at the moment is over 15%. If the budget will allow us, the PNL proposal is 15%," said Ciuca, after meeting of the National Political Bureau of the PNL.AGERPRES