The president of UDMR, Kelemen Hunor, believes that cutting expenses from municipalities will not work efficiently in its current form, emphasizing the need for voting in local councils.

Kelemen Hunor, the president of UDMR, expressed concerns regarding the effectiveness of the measures to reduce expenses and positions in local governments, recently adopted in the Coalition. He emphasized that these decisions must be voted on in local councils, which will complicate their implementation. Hunor explained that 2026 will be a transition year, during which salaries or the number of positions can be reduced, but from 2027 these options will no longer be available. In central administration, reductions of over 10% are expected, varying between ministries. Hunor mentioned that in some administrative-territorial units (UATs) there is no excess staff, so cuts are not necessary. He highlighted the difficulties in obtaining approval from local councils for salary reductions and warned about future financial challenges, including interest payments of over 60 billion lei that Romania will have to pay.