Gandul
The reunited Parliament commissions for budget and finance approved Saturday the Romanian state budget for 2009, with eight votes against, from the members of the opposition. The Parliament members finished the project’s debates a day before the set deadline.
The MPs in the two commissions also approved the social insurance budget, with seven votes against.
The Romanian Government targets a consolidated budget deficit of 2% of the GDP, and the budget is based on a 2.5% economic growth in 2009.