All newspapers on Wednesday read President's recent declarations that made him, not the government, the one to announce that promised salary increases will freeze for six months. Elsewhere in the news, specialized publications in England announce a diamond shaped skyscraper plan for Bucharest.
Gandul reads about the imminent war between PSD leader Mircea Geoana with President Basescu, fueled by the announcement of the latter that salary increases will freeze. President Basescu announced on Tuesday that the government will freeze any salary increases in the next six months.
PSD leader Mircea Geoana, whose party belongs to the governing coalition, declared for the newspaper that his party would not support such measures and that they would urge the government to increase the salaries immediately. Nonetheless, the two got a chance to confront their public stands in a meeting on Tuesday night.
One thing is for sure though - that Romania's economic status is depreciating fast and authorities are considering a loan of 6-7 billion euro in order to cover immediate needs. In this vein, Cotidianul reads, that the President announced that Romania would use the same financial package Hungary took from the IMF to finance its deficit but it would not take money from the institution.
Basescu declared that the best solution for Romania would be to take up money from the European Union and sign a monitoring agreement with the IMF that would ensure that contractual obligations are complied with.
Moreover, Basescu declared that he has already discussed with EU leaders this possibility and EC spokesperson Mark Gray confirmed his declaration. Gray did not wish to comment Basescu's declarations but added that a part of the money would come from the Union and a part from the IMF as happened in the case of Hungary.
