Here are some of the most important declarations:
PM Emil Boc
- The IMF and EC loan is preventive and we do not need to increase any taxes
- 80% of debts to the private sector will be paid. I will make sure they will be paid
- we need to relaunch credits
- 2/3 of the IMF sum will go to the Central Bank, 1/3 to the Finance minister of which some will support banks to relaunch credits
- EBRD will sustain Romania's banks
- the government will support the business community: we cannot have a market economy without an effective environment
- we will decrease bureaucracy and counter corruption
- the Interior minister is the best example of a successful reshuffling of the ministry
Finance Minister Gheorghe Pogea
- We should not be surprised if Romania's economic growth will be negative
- we plan to unlock the banking system
- Romania must sustain investments and attract as many funds as possible
- the IMF loan is a good thing, there has been too much speculation on the issue.
- I will due the best I can to decrease the administrative burden
Central Bank Chief Economist Valentin Lazea
- we need to change the economic growth paradigm
- growth resources must be searched for in the internal economy
- It is very hard to shift to a growth based on savings from the internal economy but we need to be patient
- IMF loan must have three goals: to increase the international reserve, to ease the foreign distrust in the Romanian market and support structural reforms
- If Romania will continue to be perceived below the investment grades, the foreign perception will not change
- do we give up privileges or we increase taxes?