{"id":9893,"date":"2026-04-27T07:00:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T07:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9893"},"modified":"2026-04-27T07:00:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T07:00:48","slug":"romanian-pm-says-higher-retirement-age-for-military-and-police-unavoidable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9893","title":{"rendered":"Romanian PM says higher retirement age for military and police \u201cunavoidable\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romanian prime minister <strong>Ilie Bolojan<\/strong> announced that the government will propose increasing the retirement age for military and police personnel, arguing that the current system is no longer economically sustainable, he said in an interview with Europa FM, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zf.ro\/zf-24\/ce-spune-premierul-ilie-bolojan-despre-cresterea-varstei-de-23136481?mc_cid=2b3e8baf1d&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\" target=\"_blank\">Ziarul Financiar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bolojan pointed to what he described as structurally early retirements in the sector, with some personnel leaving service as early as their late 40s. \u201cWe have categories that retire at 47, 48, 50, 52 years old\u2026 it is no longer sustainable to continue like this,\u201d he said, adding that \u201cfor the military, for the police, there is no other possibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister said a concrete proposal will be presented in the coming week, alongside broader reforms linked to the unitary wage law, a key commitment under Romania\u2019s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) programme.<\/p>\n<p>The planned changes go beyond retirement age alone. Bolojan also signalled an increase in the minimum length of service required for pension eligibility, arguing that the current threshold of 15\u201320 years is insufficient and will need to be raised significantly.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the government is considering adjustments to military pensions, with potential increases differentiated by the nature of service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s one thing to be a paratrooper or a diver and another to be a mess worker,\u201d Bolojan said, suggesting a more granular system reflecting operational risks and responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: Gov.ro)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romanian prime minister Ilie Bolojan announced that the government will propose increasing the retirement age for military and police personnel, arguing that the current system is no longer economically sustainable, he said in an interview with Europa FM, as reported by Ziarul Financiar. Bolojan pointed to what he described as structurally early retirements in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9893\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}