Emil Boc's key points:
- The budget deficit forces us to stand before European institutions because of the excessive deficit
- The state budget should establish a balance between economic and social components
- Current spending rose 30% in 2008 as compared to 2007, while personnel spending rose 29% - amounting to 8% of the GDP
- Only 6% of the volume of European funds allocated for 2007 and 2008 has been absorbed
- The budget deficit reported for the last quarter of 2008 was of 16 billion RON - money spent on goods and services and personnel, not for investments
- We have a double challenge in 2009: to fight against the effects of the financial crisis and bring order in public finance
- While the 2009 budget is a budget of austerity, it is a correct budget for the future of Romania