Designated Prime Minister Siegfried Mureşan: We will consider an increase in public-sector salaries and an increase, an indexation of pensions / The time when the 2027 state budget is drawn up will be the time when they will assess exactly what we can afford

Siegfried Mureșan, the candidate supported by the PNL, USR, and UDMR for the position of prime minister, announced that public sector salaries could increase and pensions could be indexed in 2027, depending on the available budgetary room. He specified that the exact assessment will be carried out when drafting next year’s state budget.

Mureșan argued that salaries and pensions have stagnated in recent years and that an increase is necessary, but the measures will be established within the state’s financial means. According to him, the objective is to increase purchasing power, especially for people with low incomes who have been affected by the period of high inflation.

The candidate for prime minister stated that his governing program will not include increases in taxes or duties. At the same time, he warned that a general and immediate fiscal relaxation will not be possible, with the budgetary room and measures that could encourage work to be analyzed first.