wage increase

Romania’s Economy and Finance Minister Varujan Vosganian said Thursday that a 50% salary increase for professors, as recently approved by Parliament, would trigger similar requests from all state employees, which would endanger the economic stability and even Romania’s European Union membership.

Romanian Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu said Thursday he is not against wage increases for teachers, but said increases should be first applied to very low wages and need to rely “on logic”.