PM Boc attends on Monday a political debate on the current evolution of Romania's social and economic situation, organized by the Chamber of Deputies at the request of the Liberal Party.

The main declarations:

the debate seems to have been based on solutions and proposals, I assisted to enough political demagogy I cannot not ask former PM Tariceanu why he did not call for some answers during his time Tariceanu now urges the government to pay for the same level of pensions and salaries as in 2008 but he forgets that the whole world is in crisis the previous government did not take advantage of Romania's benefits from the EU The toughest period is yet to come and the next months will be decisive to consolidate reforms started I assure you that any party at the government would have been compelled to take the measures we did Romania will not exit the recession with populist measures and will not be able to enjoy economic increasethis is not 2008 and everybody can feel it Loans are not offered so easily and the country needs to be credible to get a credit We cannot live with deficits we are making efforts to release as many resources for investments Ten measures that we considered to counter the crisis: maintain taxes to 16%, no taxes for reinvested profit, companies that hire unemployed do not pay unemployment contributions, the First House programs - allowing young people to access houses through advantageous credits, supporting small and medium sized enterprises, maintain the VAT to 5% for houses with a social character We tried to maintain a balanced euro-leu exchange rate 2011 budget: a 4.4% deficit, an increase of 1.5-2% and resources for finances the reform of the pensions system

the country can only pay based on its resources available we contribute with 31.3 and we pay 39.9 in 2011 we need 3 billion euro to sustain pensions as stipulated in the