Government representatives provide for a 1.2 billion-RON (285.7million-euro) cut to the budget for social security and forbenefits for families and children, before announcing how therelevant laws will be modified.
In other words, whether a new method of calculating the childbenefits or the unemployment benefits is decided on or not, theLabour Ministry's 2011 budget provides for a reduction in socialsecurity spending from 14.5 billion RON to 13.3 billion RON. Thebiggest fund cuts will be made to transfers to the pension houseand to social securities (which will reach an overall 7.36 billionRON, down by 520 million RON against 2010) and to funds dedicatedto benefits for families and children, which will be cut by around500 million RON.
In fact, Labour Minister Ioan Botiş himself said recently that thestate could save 500 million RON if the child benefits were grantedonly for a 12-month period. Yesterday premier Emil Boc said hewould be the last to make a decision on cutting the duration of thematernity leave.
"We will make a decision after the public debate is over and aftercoalition talks. We will make a decision we will announce. Untilthen, of course, we are listening to all opinions on the issue and,after this period ends, we will announce the Government'sdecision," Boc was quoted as saying by Mediafax.
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