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IMF Begins Review Mission in Romania
Bucharest | 26 July 2010 | Marian Chiriac
IMF headquarters in Washington D.C.
The mission comes four weeks after an austerity plan, including cuts to the workforce and a 25 per cent slash in public sector wages, became effective.
The government had also planned to cut pensions by 15 per cent, but the Constitutional Court ruled the measure anti-constitutional, forcing authorities to raise the VAT tax on goods and services instead.
"We are confident that Romania will comply with all requirements and a new installment of help from the IMF and European Union will be disbursed soon," said Finance Minister Sebastian Vladescu.
Following the IMF review, Romania should receive the sixth disbursement of its loan, worth €900 million.
(ANSA) - ROMA, 21 LUG - 'Azienda e lavoratori stiano attenti a non cadere alla trappola della Fiom', cosi' il segretario generale della Cisl Bonanni. 'La Fiom ha interesse a creare contrasti e a spingere alcuni lavoratori e l'azienda a comportamenti esasperati', ha spiegato Bonanni, in riferimento agli ultimi licenziamenti di dipendenti del Lingotto. I conti economici presentati dalla Fiat 'sono una buona premessa, non solo per Pomigliano, ma per il piano generale della Fiat in Italia', ha aggiunto.