Most newspapers on Monday read about the new loan IMF recommends for Romania, which officials tend to eschew. The Fiscal Administration National Agency plans to hunt rich Romanians in Europe. In politics, a Democrat Liberal survey reveals that Basescu's trust dropped to 20% and the Democrat Liberals pitfalled by 10% in just one month. Last but not least, French President Nicholas Sarkozy plans to expell Romanian gypsies out of France.
Most newspapers read that Romania needs another loan from the IMF, quoting Democrat Liberal Interior minister Vasile Blaga. However, the government eschews the idea. Evenimentul Zilei quotes Blaga saying that a new agreement with the IMF is called for and a new agreement presumes a new loan.
He said that the government did not take into account this idea, but the Finance ministry and the National Central Bank did. He added that a part of the Parliament disagrees with the idea of a new loan.
Prime Minister's counsellor, Andreea Paul Vass declared that it is too early to discuss a new loan from the IMF until the current agreement expires in 2011.
In the same vein, Gandul reads that Blaga admitted that the government should have taken measures in January 2009 but at the time they did not understand the urgency and the need. Currently, there are three ministers who admitted that the government should have taken earlier measures, or that politicians pretended nothing is wrong.
Blaga admitted that austerity measures could have been taken as early as last year, but that politicians did not considered them necessary.
The Romanian Fiscal Administration Agency plans to hunt Romanian rich people living in Europe, Gandul reads. The Agency's director, Sorin Blejnar said that he plans to identify those Romanians with estates abroad and check whether they have been taxed for it or not.
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