Romanian Pres Says The EC Approved Car Tax Is Illegal

Romanian president Traian Basescu said on television station B1Tv, when the host told him there is a tax that "was changed seven times," that he does not want to discuss that tax, because it is illegal.

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He show host told Basescu that a certain tax irritates him "greatly" because it went thorugh constant changes, but he did not finish the sentence because Basescu interrupted him saying: "I will not discuss it, because it is illegal."

Basescu did not provide further details.

On March 11, Basescu sent a letter to prime minister Calin Tariceanu

In retort, Tariceanu told Basescu to stop writing to him

Tariceanu went on supporting the fact that the car tax is necessary, and the Government sent to Brussels a new calculation formula for the tax.

Romanian economy and finance minister Varujan Vosganian confirmed early April that the new calculation system was approved by the European Commission.

"The European Commission never questioned the importance of the environmental protection tax, only the manner in which the taxation grid was compiled, which prevented the free circulation of goods," Vosganian said.

, because he learns of such requests through the media., asking him to cancel the pollution tax for cars, accusing the head of the government that, through such measures, he is belittling the Romanians.

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