Romania’s government approves five of six chapters of second package of reforms

Romania’s government, after a meeting on Friday, August 29, announced in a press conference that it approved five of the six chapters designed to be part of a second package of budgetary reforms. The sixth chapter, on public administration, was tackled during a meeting of the ruling coalition two days later, when this chapter was deferred for two weeks over disagreements about cutting down the staff in the local administration institutions, according to Digi24.

The first five chapters of the second package of budgetary reforms, already sent to Parliament, will be legislated under the simplified procedure, with prime minister Ilie Bolojan expected to request their endorsement without debates in the evening of September 1, after possibly accepting amendments filed by lawmakers in a government meeting earlier the same day.