If we hadn't started an orderly reform, there would have been a crisis that would have hit the entire country, and every family would have felt this strongly. We were forced to start by increasing VAT. We needed to urgently bring money to the budget and reduce the deficit. We didn't hide anything from the Romanians, we didn't modify numbers, and we refused to make unsupported promises. Ilie Bolojan also announced that investments have increased by over 25 billion lei compared to the same period last year, from 82 billion lei to 107 billion, with over two-thirds of this amount represented by payments through European projects, and in the first eight months of 2026, personnel expenses totaled 122 billion lei, which is 4.3 billion less than the same period last year. #IlieBolojan #GuvernulNiculescu #ReformeEconomice (translated)


