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Special pensions, reformed boards of directors, included in second package of fiscal measures

Alecsandru Ionescu — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 13:29:57 GMT

Senate Chairman Mircea Abrudean on Wednesday said that the measures taken by the government are the solution for Romania not to collapse, adding that the second package of measures, which includes special pensions and the reform of the boards of dire...

We propose value of parliamentarians' special pensions be 25% of minimum pension (USR's Seidler)

Mirea Andreea — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 15:50:55 GMT

We propose value of parliamentarians' special pensions be 25% of minimum pension (USR's Seidler)Save Romania Union (USR) deputy Cristian Seidler proposed on Wednesday that the value of special pensions of parliamentarians should be 25% of the minimum...

Ciolacu, after adoption in Parliament of law on special pensions: I believe Constitutional Court's decisions are implemented

Mihai Cistelican — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 17:27:00 GMT

Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, leader of PSD, declared on Monday, after the adoption of the special pensions bill, that the decisions of the Constitutional Court are being implemented."I believe that the decisions of the Constitutional Court are impl...

Chamber of Deputies/Seidler: Bill voted by deputies - law to save special pensions

Mihai Cistelican — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 15:02:14 GMT

Chamber of Deputies/Seidler: Bill voted by deputies - law to save special pensionsThe draft law on special pensions, voted on Monday by deputies from specialized committees, is not a reform of special pensions, but a law to save them, which can be ch...

USR MPs call for Parliament extraordinary session to eliminate special pensions

Alecsandru Ionescu — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 11:11:40 GMT

Save Romanian Union (USR) submitted on Wednesday an official request for Parliament to convene an extraordinary session between August 17 and September 1 to review the draft law on special pensions.According to a USR press release, the postponement o...

USR MPs call for Parliament extraordinary session to eliminate special pensions

Mirea Andreea — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 11:08:45 GMT

USR MPs call for Parliament extraordinary session to eliminate special pensionsSave Romanian Union (USR) submitted on Wednesday an official request for Parliament to convene an extraordinary session between August 17 and September 1 to review the dra...

USR's Ghinea: Postponement of CCR decision on special pensions - we won't see a penny from PNRR in 2023

Mirea Andreea — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 14:10:28 GMT

USR's Ghinea: Postponement of CCR decision on special pensions - we won't see a penny from PNRR in 2023Cristian Ghinea, coordinator of the Save Romania Union (USR)'s Public Policy Department and former Minister of Investments and European Projects, c...

Constitutional Court postpones discussion on Supreme Court's notification on special pensions

Andreea Năstase — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 09:38:12 GMT

The Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) has postponed to August 2 the discussion on the notification from the High Court of Cassation and Justice (the Supreme Court) regarding the amendments made in Parliament to the Law on Special Pensions.The mee...

USR MP Botez: We'll lose PNRR money as gov't doesn't understand to cut special pensions

Mirea Andreea — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 14:39:47 GMT

USR MP Botez: We'll lose PNRR money as gov't doesn't understand to cut special pensions.Save Romania Union (USR) Vaslui Branch Chairman MP Mihai Botez warned on Friday, during a press conference, that Romania risks losing money from the National Reco...

President Iohannis on bills regarding special pensions, cumulation of pension with salary: In essence, my opinion is good

Mirea Andreea — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 16:41:37 GMT

President Iohannis on bills regarding special pensions, cumulation of pension with salary: In essence, my opinion is good. President Klaus Iohannis stated on Thursday regarding the draft bills on special pensions and the interdiction to cumulate pens...

Supreme Court notifies Constitutional Court on laws on special pensions and retirement age

Mirea Andreea — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 16:33:07 GMT

Supreme Court notifies Constitutional Court on laws on special pensions and retirement age. The High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ) decided on Thursday to notify the Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) on the Law amending and supplementing s...

President Iohannis promulgates law repealing special pensions of MPs

Mirea Andreea — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 16:50:04 GMT

President Iohannis promulgates law repealing special pensions of MPs. President Klaus Iohannis promulgated on Wednesday the law repealing the special pensions of MPs.The law, initiated by Social Democratic Party (PSD) deputy Alfred Simonis, amends La...

Senate's relevant committees issue positive opinion regarding bill on special pensions

Mirea Andreea — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 17:00:16 GMT

Senate's relevant committees issue positive opinion regarding bill on special pensions. The Judicial and Labour Committees of the Senate issued a positive opinion on Tuesday regarding the draft law on special pensions in the form passed by the Chambe...

USR's Drula: Bill to be put up for vote by PSD, PNL doesn't repeal special pensions

Mirea Andreea — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 14:17:57 GMT

USR's Drula: Bill to be put up for vote by PSD, PNL doesn't repeal special pensions. The bill to be put up for vote by the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the National Liberal Party (PNL) these days does not repeal special pensions, the Save Romani...

PM Ciolacu: By a large majority, we put an end to special pensions of MPs; Cumulation of pension and salary is up next

Mirea Andreea — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 14:35:40 GMT

PM Ciolacu: By a large majority, we put an end to special pensions of MPs; Cumulation of pension and salary is up next. Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said on Monday that the bill repealing MPs' special pensions was passed by a large majority of Parli...

PNL's Ciuca: Special pensions laws,MPs' pensions,accumulation of pension with salary, settled by the end of session

Mirea Andreea — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 08:25:40 GMT

PNL's Ciuca: Special pensions laws,MPs' pensions,accumulation of pension with salary, settled by the end of session. Chairman of the National Liberal Party (PNL) Nicolae Ciuca said on Thursday that the laws regarding special pensions, MPs's pensions ...

Special pensions outlays under new provisions to get close to contributory system

Mirea Andreea — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 14:25:32 GMT

Special pensions outlays under new provisions to get close to contributory system. The retirement age will increase in the case of all categories of special pensions, and the time against which the calculation will be made will increase, as the time ...

Speaker Ciolacu on special pensions: I keep my opinion that reform is needed, I will get sure it happens

Mirea Andreea — Wed, 31 May 2023 16:26:17 GMT

Speaker Ciolacu on special pensions: I keep my opinion that reform is needed, I will get sure it happens. The PSD (Social Democratic Party) President, Marcel Ciolacu, declared on Wednesday that he keeps his opinion that regarding special pensions a r...

PSD's Ciolacu: We have a plague of special pensions, which, slowly leads to a social crisis

Andreea Năstase — Tue, 02 May 2023 05:18:56 GMT

The issue of special pensions must be solved, considering that it is a milestone assumed in the National Resilience and Recovery Plan (PNRR), and I will not accept the loss of money from this programme, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) leader Marcel...

PSD's Ciolacu: I hope with all my heart we meet milestone on special pensions in due time

Andreea Năstase — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 16:27:54 GMT

Social Democratic Party (PSD) president Marcel Ciolacu said on Friday, in a press conference, that he hopes "with all his heart" that the milestone in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) on special pensions be fulfilled in a timely manne...

USR MPs protest in Senate plenary hall foyer: Cut special pensions

Mirea Andreea — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 09:01:51 GMT

Save Romania Union (USR) MPs protested Wednesday in the foyer of the Senate plenary hall against the draft law on special pensions.They displayed placards reading "Stop special pensions."The leader of the USR group in the Senate, Radu Mihail, said th...

No special pensions for Securitate henchmen (USR MPs)

Andreea Năstase — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 13:29:59 GMT

A group of Save Romania Union (USR) lawmakers and members were present on Tuesday at the High Court of Cassation and Justice, where a new hearing was held in the trial of former communist-era secret police Securitate officers Marin Pirvulescu and Vas...

Senate issues joint admission report on special pensions bill

Mirea Andreea — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 10:53:07 GMT

The specialist committees of the Senate -- judiciary, labour and defence -- on Tuesday issued a favourable joint report with accepted and rejected amendments to a bill initiated by the government amending and supplementing pieces of legislation relat...

USR's Drula: In Brussels, no on understands why PSD-PNL gov't wants to keep special pensions

Mirea Andreea — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 18:20:33 GMT

Save Romania Union (USR) Chairman Catalin Drula accuses the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the National liberal Party (PNL) of maintaining special pensions "at the cost of losing" billions of euros from the National Recovery and Resilience Program...

PM Ciuca: I reiterate this with all responsibility - military pensions are not special pensions

Andreea Năstase — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 13:43:39 GMT

Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca spoke on Thursday against the recalculation of the pensions of defence personnel, arguing that they collect public service, not special pensions.In a press conference delivered in Chisinau, Ciuca cautioned that "this is a...

USR MEP Seidler: EC confirms gov't tried to save special pensions

Mirea Andreea — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 15:53:53 GMT

The European Commission confirms that the Government tried to save special pensions, Save Romania Union (USR) MEP Cristian Seidler said on Wednesday, saying that Labour Minister Marius Budai should resign."I have seen the European Commission's letter...

Senate's Gorghiu: Special pensions law must pass Senate in three weeks, otherwise it passes tacitly

Andreea Năstase — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 18:24:15 GMT

The acting President of the Senate, Alina Gorghiu, says that the draft law on special pensions must be voted on in the upper chamber of the Parliament in the next three weeks because otherwise it will pass by tacit adoption, which is "impermissible" ...

Parliament considering working group on special pensions

Andreea Năstase — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 15:15:49 GMT

Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Marcel Ciolacu, the national leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), said on Wednesday that there will be a working group on the law on special pensions patterned on the education laws.Asked at the Parliament H...

Speaker Ciolacu: I still believe military pensions are not special pensions

Mirea Andreea — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 17:54:32 GMT

Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Marcel Ciolacu said on Monday that he still believes that military pensions are not special pensions and 22 states of the European Union are of the same opinion, told Agerpres."Military pensions are not special pens...

MP Turcan: Ministry of Labor should have come up with bill special pensions last year

Andreea Năstase — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 17:00:04 GMT

The ministry of Labor should have come up with a bill last year to solve the problem of special pensions, more precisely to bring these pensions as close as possible to contribution, MP Raluca Turcan, former minister of Labor, said on Monday.Asked in...

Special pensions bill should clear Parliament by end of current legislative session (PSD's Ciolacu)

Mirea Andreea — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 13:32:04 GMT

Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Marcel Ciolacu said on Monday that he expects the government to present him a briefing on the World Bank reports on the special pensions law, noting that the bill should pass through Parliament until the end of this...

BNR's Radulescu: Special pensions amount to 0.85pct of GDP and we might get to 1.5pct in 2-3 years

Mirea Andreea — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 17:06:22 GMT

Romania pays 0.85% of the GDP for special pensions, and in two to three years we may reach up to 1.5% of the GDP, Eugen Radulescu, head of the Financial Stability Directorate of the National Bank of Romania (BNR) stated on Wednesday, told Agerpres."S...

There will be draft normative bill on special pensions, we continue discussions with European Commission (LabMin)

Mirea Andreea — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 18:21:40 GMT

The minister of Labour, Marius Budai, said on Monday that there will be a draft law on special pensions, and discussions on this topic with the European Commission continue, told Agerpres."The leaders of the coalition, (PSD's) Marcel Ciolacu and (PNL...

Chamber's Government Question Time focuses on pension indexation, special pensions

Andreea Năstase — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:48:33 GMT

Speaking on Monday at the Government Question Time, Save Romania Union deputy Cristian Seidler told Labor Minister Marius Budai that the resources are in place for raising the pension point even to 2,000 RON, but that if he doesn't scrap special pens...

Ciolacu: Discussion with special pensions ends on December 31, to be done through bill sent to Parliament

Mirea Andreea — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 07:10:38 GMT

The chairman of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), Marcel Ciolacu, declared that on December 31 this year the discussion on the subject of special pensions will be closed through a draft law initiated by the Ministry of Labour, approved by the Govern...

Ciolacu: No sudden change of game as far as special pensions are concerned

Andreea Năstase — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 15:48:49 GMT

Social Democratic Party leader Marcel Ciolacu gave assurances that there will be no surprise change in the special pensions legislation and that a debate will be organized on the subject before a new act is issued."I would like to make a very clear a...

Speaker Ciolacu names energy legislation, repealing special pensions among priorities

Mirea Andreea — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 16:56:16 GMT

Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Marcel Ciolacu, the national leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), said on Monday that he told PSD's ruling coalition partners that completing energy legislation and repealing special pensions are priorities,...

Senate's Gorghiu says no money for Romania from PNRR if special pensions issue not settled

Mirea Andreea — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 11:35:56 GMT

Acting president of the Senate Alina Gorghiu expressed her belief that the Ministry of Labor will shortly draft a bill that "will regulate" the situation of special pensions, without which Romania "will not take its money" from the National recovery ...

Save Romania Union demands that PM make public plan to cut special pensions

Mirea Andreea — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 11:07:50 GMT

The spokesperson for the Save Romania Union (USR), Ionut Mosteanu, asks the Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca and the Minister of Labor, Marius Budai, to make public the plan to cut special pensions, in the context in which the term provided for in the Na...

DefMin: Military pensions are not special pensions, a professional soldier cannot be equated to unskilled worker

Andreea Năstase — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 09:13:30 GMT

Military pensions are not special pensions, and the job of a professional soldier cannot be equated to that of an unskilled worker, said the Minister of National Defence, Vasile Dincu, in a speech during a ceremony at the Ferdinand I Technical Milita...

USR's Nasui: Increase in special pensions, three times higher than in contributory pensions during pandemic

Mihai Cistelican — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 09:08:46 GMT

The average value of special pensions increased in two years by 1,307 lei, while the contributory pensions increased by 397 lei, Save Romania Union (USR) MP Claudiu Nasui, a former economy minister, said on Monday.He mentioned in a social media post ...

PSD's Ciolacu: Momentum is to have a progressive taxation, of special pensions particularly

Andreea Năstase — Sun, 29 May 2022 10:30:10 GMT

It's is momentum to have a progressive taxation, of special pensions particularly, the Social Democratic Party (co-ruling PSD) chairman Marcel Ciolacu said on Sunday at a Prima TV private television broadcast."We will come up with a sustainable pensi...

Constitutional Court finds law on elimination of special pensions of MPs has been adopted in volation of deadlines

Mihai Cistelican — Thu, 05 May 2022 16:07:57 GMT

The Romanian Constitutional Court (CCR) on Thursday explained that the law by which the special pensions of MPs were eliminated was adopted in a single day, "in violation of all deadlines," "which is a violation of the adoption procedure as a whole."...

Romania numbers 9,680 beneficiaries of special pensions, in Jan 2022

Ioana Necula, Redactor — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:55:17 GMT

The number of beneficiaries of special pensions reached 9,680, in January 2022, most of them, 4,468 respectively, benefiting from pensions under Law No. 303/2004 on the status of prosecutors and judges, according to data centralized by the National H...

Ghinea, on special pensions: There will be special legislation, and will be in line with contributions

Ioana Necula, Redactor — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 17:53:49 GMT

Special pensions will be brought in line with contributions, and for this there will be special legislation, but "within the limits of the mandate established by the Constitutional Court", which should also be adopted in 2022, the Minister of Europea...

JusMin: We must find solutions for all special pensions

Andreea Năstase — Mon, 10 May 2021 15:58:11 GMT

The Minister of Justice, Stelian Ion, declared on Monday that solutions need to be found for all types of special pensions, this being one of the proposals which could be discussed on Tuesday at the Ministry of Labor."There are many choices. We will ...

Orban: Ruling coalition's working team to decide on special pensions; PNL named its representatives

Bran Irina Alexandra — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 12:40:25 GMT

PNL (National Liberal Party) leader Ludovic Orban on Monday informed that Liberal MPs Ioan Cupsa, Iuliana Scantei, Dan Vilceanu and Mara Calista will be part of the working group to decide on how to proceed with the elimination of the special pension...

Law on repeal of special pensions for parliamentarians, promulgated by President Iohannis

Bran Irina Alexandra — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 09:35:04 GMT

President Klaus Iohannis promulgated on Tuesday the law amending Law no. 96/2006 on the Statute of deputies and senators, meaning the piece of legislation that eliminates special pensions for parliamentarians, according to AGERPRES.On February 17, Pa...

Deputy PM Kelemen Hunor: UDMR is for elimination of all special pensions

Bran Irina Alexandra — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:19:51 GMT

The Deputy Prime Minister, Kelemen Hunor, specified on Wednesday that the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) wishes the elimination of all special pensions, not just for a certain employee category, according to AGERPRES."There is no <&g...

PSD's Simionis: PSD submits bill to Parliament to eliminate special pensions of MPs

Florin Pușcaș — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 16:46:59 GMT

The National Political Bureau of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) on Tuesday unanimously decided to submit a bill to Parliament on the elimination of special pensions for MPs, the leader of the Social Democrat Deputies, Alfred Simonis, has made the ...

EconMin Nasui: Gov't special pension spending has increased in Romania by 60% in last five years

Bran Irina Alexandra — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 08:31:31 GMT

Government spending on all special pensions in Romania increased by 60% between 2016 and 2020, as low-wage labour taxation is the highest in the entire European Union (EU), Economy Minister Claudiu Nasui he wrote on Facebook on Tuesday, according to ...

Deputy PM Kelemen Hunor: We are for all special pensions' annulment, with no distinction

Andreea Năstase — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 14:31:56 GMT

The Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) supports the annulment of all special pensions, Deputy Prime minister Kelemen Hunor, the head of this political formation, said on Monday."We will support the cancellation of all special pensions, with...

PM Orban: Special pensions for mayors, other local elected officials to be postponed again

Andreea Năstase — Sun, 29 Nov 2020 13:16:38 GMT

The president of the PNL (National Liberal Party), Prime Minister Ludovic Orban, said in an interview with AGERPRES that he intends to issue a piece of legislation whereby the provision of the Administrative Code on the granting of special pensions t...

PMP calling for debate on law repealing special pensions for lawmakers, mayors

Bran Irina Alexandra — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 08:27:09 GMT

The People's Movement Party (PMP) is calling for a joint convention of Parliament's standing bureaus for a plenary debate on the law repealing special pensions for lawmakers and mayors, PMP Chairman Eugen Tomac announced on Tuesday, according to AGER...

DefMin Ciuca: Military pensions are not special pensions

Andreea Năstase — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 08:53:20 GMT

The Minister of Defense, Nicolae Ciuca, stressed on Thursday that the military pensions are not special pensions."Starting with Alexandru Ioan Cuza (first ruler of the Romanian Principalities and of the national state Romania, since 24 January 1859, ...

PM Orban: Taxing special pensions solves one problem, but there are many other inequities

Andreea Năstase — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 05:44:31 GMT

Prime Minister Ludovic Orban told on Wednesday evening private TV broadcaster Realitatea Plus that the taxation of special pensions solves one problem, but stressed that a very serious analysis of the pension system is needed, motivating that there a...

PSD proposed and will vote for 85 percent tax on special pensions

Andreea Năstase — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 09:39:14 GMT

The Social Democratic Party (PSD) has proposed and Parliament will cast a vote today on the 85 percent taxation of special pensions, PSD acting Chairman Marcel Ciolacu declared on Wednesday."PSD proposed and we will vote today (this Wednesday - Ed. n...

USR: Special pensions should be repealed, those for servicemen and magistrates, capped

Florin Pușcaș — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 11:01:38 GMT

Romania shouldn't tolerate a differentiated pension system, mentions the Save Romania Union (USR), which is reiterating its point of view according to which the special pensions should be repealed, and the pensions of magistrates and servicemen shoul...

Over 9,170 beneficiaries of special pensions, at end-October 2018

Roxana Ghiorghian — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 09:18:18 GMT

At the end of October 2018, the number of beneficiaries of special pensions stood at 9,171 persons, slightly on the increase, by 18 persons, as compared to the end of the previous month, according to data centralized by the National House of Public P...