Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Radu Miruta (Save Romania Union - USR) says that Romania is "finally on a much more correct path as far as the state budget is concerned".
"Figures do not lie, do not misinform, and do not scold those who irresponsibly squandered Romania's public money in the past until nothing was left. After half a year of necessary decisions to keep this country on its feet, once the year-end balance was drawn, the Ministry of Finance estimates that the budget deficit is 15 billion lei lower than expected," the deputy prime minister wrote on his Facebook page on Tuesday evening, agerpres reports.
In this context, he thanked all those who, over the past six months, understood the complexity of the current budgetary situation, acknowledged that the country is not yet fully functional, and accepted the need to recover unpaid taxes, cut wasteful spending, and hold visibly corrupt actors to account, stressing that their effort and sacrifice represented the first line of defence.
"Yes, the order of operations must change, and we will fully succeed only after we replace shady arrangements with normality, political hangers-on with well-trained people, and connections with meritocracy. I thank you: employees, entrepreneurs, pensioners, students, parents, grandparents, responsible citizens, who, although it has not been easy, have done your duty to the state. (...) A fair state will return benefits to people as soon as it gets back on its feet. For now, it has just left hospital and the test results look better," Radu Miruta stressed.
The deputy prime minister acknowledged that "we have not yet fully overcome the difficult period".
"However, we are doing everything within our power to ensure that in 2026 Romania has a balanced, honest and realistic budget, within the limits of what we can afford. At the same time, alongside efforts to adjust state spending, we are also focusing on achieving real economic growth on making Romania stronger, not merely more cautious," he added in his social media post.
Romania's cash-based deficit recorded in 2025 is lower than initially forecast, standing at around 7.7% of GDP, compared with the assumed target of 8.4% of GDP, Finance Minister Alexandru Nazare said on Tuesday at a press conference.
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