Over 90% Of Romanian Military Pensions Higher After Recalculation – Minister

According to Oprea, 90.2% of the 76,885 recalculated pensions are higher. He highlighted no pension lower than 3,000 lei (about EUR720), granted to full-career military staff, have been cut.

Oprea added pension recalculation decisions will be issued between November 1 and December 31, 2011, so that, starting January 1, 2012, retired military staff will receive adjusted pensions.

End-January, the Government approved an emergency ordinance which changed the way the pensions of former military personnel are calculated, after the Constitutional Court ruled unconstitutional a Government decision on recalculating the pensions of military staff, police officers and public servants with special status, who work in penitentiary administration.

(EUR1=RON4.1720)