Parliament Plenary Approves 2019 Budget Amendment Increasing Child Allowances

The amendment also increases allowances for children between one month and two years of age from RON200 to RON300 per month. The Labor Ministry’s budget will be supplemented with a total RON2.13 billion to amount for the increases.

The amendment was passed with 123 votes for and 119 against, after the ALDE group requested a second vote due to technical reasons.

“This a victory of the Romanian society, who pressured ruling coalition MPs and some of them did not follow Dragnea’s orders. This is not an increase from Dragnea nor PSD, it is a Liberal Party amendment and the victory of Romanians,” Liberal Party MP Robert Sighiartau said following the vote.

Romania's government on Friday adopted the 2019 state budget, built on an economic growth projection of 5.5%, which critics said is overly optimistic, and targeting a deficit of 2.55% of gross domestic product.

The Parliament began plenary debates on the budget on Wednesday, with the bill’s individual articles all approved by Thursday morning. A final vote on the entire bill scheduled for Friday.

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