Social Democratic Party (PSD) president Sorin Grindeanu said he would propose that prime minister Luca Niculescu\u2019s government assume responsibility before Parliament for two state reform packages. He also pledged that taxes on individuals and Romanian companies would not increase in 2027.<\/p>\n
The first package would reform Romania\u2019s administrative structure by merging smaller localities while preserving public services for residents. PSD has appointed MEP Drago\u0219 Benea to coordinate its work on the proposal, Agerpres<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n The second would reorganize the central government by merging or reducing the number of agencies and restructuring or closing loss-making state companies that are no longer considered necessary. Deputy prime minister Marian Neac\u0219u will coordinate the project for PSD.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople no longer have the time or patience for endless debates,\u201d Sorin Grindeanu said after a meeting of PSD\u2019s National Permanent Bureau on Monday.<\/p>\n He added that both reforms should be adopted \u201cin the coming weeks and months,\u201d with March 2027 as the deadline.<\/p>\n The PSD leader argued that the reform packages should precede the 2027 state budget because they would affect public spending.<\/p>\n \u201cI would reverse the order of priorities slightly: first, we discuss the two reforms, which ultimately have an impact on the budget, and then we discuss the 2027 budget,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n In addition, the PSD president also rejected further tax increases next year, saying economic predictability was necessary.<\/p>\n \u201cWe will not accept the waste of public money, but neither will we accept the idea that every budget problem must be solved by imposing new taxes on Romanians and Romanian companies,\u201d Sorin Grindeanu said, as quoted by Agerpres<\/a>. \u201cNext year, taxes for Romanians and Romanian companies will not increase.\u201d<\/p>\n