National chairman of the National Liberal Party (PNL), Prime Minister Ludovic Orban, said on Monday that trade deficit puts "very high" pressure on the exchange rates and erodes the local currency, the leu, against the euro.
The leu depreciated on Monday by 0.62 bani (0.13%) against the euro, with the European currency reaching a new historical high, and the rate set by the BNR is 4.7729 lei to the euro. BNR Friday's exchange rate was 4.7667 lei to the euro.