Prime Minister Luca Niculescu met with the trade unions on Monday at the Government headquarters. They demand an increase in the minimum wage by 675 lei. At the same time, the head of the Executive was expected in Parliament, at Government Time. The request was made by the AUR, but it passed with the support of the Social Democratic Party, because the AUR’s votes alone were not enough. At the meeting with the unions, the prime minister showed his support for the indexation of pensions, according to a Government statement.
UPDATE 21:04 Prime Minister Luca Niculescu met on Monday, at the Victoria Palace, with the leaders of the trade union confederations, the government announced in a press release.
The dialogue was attended by the Deputy Prime Minister Marian Neacșu and the Ministers of Finance, Alexandru Nazare, Health, Alexandru Rogobete, Education and Research, Sorin Costreie, Labor, Family, Youth and Social Solidarity, Florin Manole, Pre-University Education, Sorin Ionescu, along with the head of the Prime Minister’s Chancellery, Oleg Ungureanu, and secretaries of state within the Chancellery to the Prime Minister.
During the discussions, the main demands of the trade union movement at the national level were presented. The Minister of Finance exposed the fiscal-budgetary context in which Romania finds itself and the next steps at the governmental level to cover the financing needs until the end of this year, according to the release.
“Prime Minister Niculescu conveyed the entire opening of the Executive to continue the dialogue with the representatives of the trade union confederations, confirming the support for a first set of concrete measures to meet the needs of society: the indexation of pensions, debureaucratization and the inclusion of trade unions in the consultation process for the elaboration of the national position towards the next cycle of European funding”, the statement also states, which states that the dialogue between the Government and the trade union confederations will continue, in the immediate period, in the format provided by the Council National Tripartite.
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UPDATE 15:04 The permanent office of the Chamber of Deputies approved, on Monday, a letter from the Department for the relationship with the Parliament, by which it informs the leadership of the Chamber that Prime Minister Luca Niculescu cannot be present at Prime Minister’s Hour due to his work schedule.
“Regarding your address, through which you inform us about the invitation addressed to the Prime Minister to participate in the meeting of the Chamber of Deputies, from November 2, 2026, during the Prime Minister’s Hour, we inform you that, considering the Prime Minister’s agenda, he will not be able to participate in the mentioned activity”, it is specified in the document approved by the leadership of the Chamber of Deputies.
The original news. At 16:00 the meeting between Luca Niculescu and the unions is scheduled, in which it will be discussed about raising the minimum wage. The unions want to increase the value from January 1 by 675 gross lei, like this the minimum wage to reach at the fixed value of 5,000 gross lei, according to Digi24 journalist Amalia Dobre.
Discussions are taking place after, last week, the prime minister also spoke to the employers, also at the Victoria Palace. pthe airs EMPLOYERS i am but slightly different. The business community is also calling for this measure to raise the minimum wage to be delayed for the time being. So at 4:00 p.m takes place this meeting, even if Luca Niculescu was also expected in Parliament, at Government Time, a requirement addressed by those from AUR, for the Prime Minister to present Romania’s fiscal data, i.e. the numbers regarding the economic situation.
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