Cutting expenditures to a minimum is the main wish of the Boc government, at least judging by their statements. The latest initiative in that direction, namely the simultaneous holding of next year's elections, could help the budget save approximately 22 million Euros. The savings could be even greater considering that the opposition plans to withdraw from the Parliament. There are also politicians who ironically suggested to Minister Traian Igaş, the initiator of the proposal, that it would be far more economical not to hold any elections at all, by suspending them for the duration of the financial crisis. Aside from the 43 million Euros needed for organizing the elections, important savings would be achieved on the electoral campaign as well, a part where significant amounts are spent, often pointlessly. On a different note, one of the leaders of the opposition, Crin Antonescu, announced that there are major odds that the USL would boycott the next parliamentary session: " The withdrawal of the opposition from the Parliament is a solution which we are bringing forward with great seriousness. We account for almost half of the members of the Parliament. Anywhere in the world that would mean advance elections. As a result, we are going to solve the issue of the merger of elections and of advance elections, we will create a Parliament that will express the updated will of the nation and a government that would represent the new majority, a government which has legitimacy. It's just that the members of the government wouldn't consider this kind of alternatives if they weren't constrained. If we were to withdraw, it's clear what they would do on the next day - they would either continue to tell us: «You can keep blocking reforms, and we can carry on with our term», or they can just hold advance elections on those colleges, which would be pointless. Or, when that happens,