Tag: Claudiu Năsui

  • Andrew Noble: Aproximativ un milion de români trăiesc în UK

    Andrew Noble: Aproximativ un milion de români trăiesc în UK

    Ambasadorul Marii Britanii, Andrew Noble, a afirmat, joi, la recepţia de Ziua Reginei, că aproximativ un milion de români au ales să trăiască în UK, în contextul Brexit-ului, a capriciilor vremii şi a diferenţelor culinare dintre cele două naţiuni.

    În ultimii doi ani de zile calitatea şi dimensiunea relaţiei bilaterale au crescut remarcabil. Am descoperit chiar că aproape un milion de români au ales să trăiască în Regatul Unit, în ciuda Brexit-ului, a vremii şi a absenţei micilor din bucătăria englezească, a afirmat acesta.

    Noble a amintit de implicarea misiunii britanice în susţinerea ONG-urilor române care se ocupă cu provocări sociale precum violenţa împotriva femeilor sau exploatarea sexuală a minorilor.

    Am sărbătorit în acest an aniversarea a 165 de ani de la dezrobirea romilor din România şi a 50 de ani de la declaraţia drepturilor romilor din 1971. Mai avem multe de făcut la nivel global, nu doar în România, pentru a obţine egalitatea adevărată, a adăugat el.

    Ambasadorul britanic a vorbit despre perspectivele prezentului, după ce Marea Britanie a ieşit din UE. Indiferent de sentimentele personale legate de Brexit, obiectivul actual este de a consolida relaţiile Regatului Unit la nivel global. Summitul G7 a demonstrat cum partenerii globali pot lucra împreună pentru a răspunde la provocări globale precum pandemia, consolidarea democraţiei şi a libertăţii presei.

    Nicolae Ciucă, ministrul apărării, a transmis, cu acest prilej, mesajul premierului Florin Cîţu. Guvernul României preţuieşte Regatul Unit al Marii Britanii şi Irlandei de Nord ca pe un partener strategic puternic şi de încredere, a arătat acesta.

    A fost amintit Parteneriatul strategic România – Marea Britanie. Obiectivul nostru principal este să modernizăm şi să extindem cooperarea bilaterală şi în alte domenii – de la politica externă şi de securitate, apărare şi legături economice la cele culturale şi din domeniul educaţiei. Este o oportunitate de a reconfirma determinarea noastră pentru un parteneriat mai puternic, se precizează în mesajul transmis de Executivul român.

    Este menţionată şi comunitatea românească din Regatul Unit – aproape un milion, români care aduc o contribuţie valoroasă la dezvoltarea societăţii britanice.

    Suntem foarte interesaţi să consolidăm şi să valorificăm rolul pozitiv al acestora în interesul relaţiilor româno-britanice şi în egală măsură să le protejăm drepturile, a transmis Nicolae Ciucă.

    Potrivit ministrului Economiei, Antreprenoriatului şi Turismului, Claudiu Năsui, Marea Britanie este un exemplu pe care trebuie să îl urmăm în ceea ce priveşte reformele pieţei libere, comerţului liber şi taxarea muncii.


    sursa: agerpres

  • March 16, 2021

    March 16, 2021


    COVID-19 IN ROMANIA – The anti-COVID-19 vaccination campaign
    continues in Romania. Since the debut of the campaign on December 27, 2020, some
    1.5 million people have been immunized with the vaccines produced by
    Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna or AstraZeneca. On Monday the campaign entered its
    third phase addressing the general population. For the time being the
    immunization process is carried out in towns and villages where the COVID
    infection rate exceeds 4.5 per thousand inhabitants. People can register on waiting
    lists on the online platform, where over 350 thousand people have already
    signed up. On Tuesday, over 6,000 new COVID infections were reported in Romania
    in addition to 133 related fatalities. Over 1,200 people are in intensive care.
    The total number of infections at national level exceeded 868,000, while some
    21,700 people have died. We recall the state of alert has been extended for
    another 30 days. All restrictions imposed so far remain in place, with the
    exception of the nighttime curfew, which now begins at 10 PM and ends at 5 AM.




    COVID-19 IN THE WORLD – The World
    Health Organization (WHO) has today summoned its group of vaccine experts to
    study health risks posed by the vaccine manufactured by AstraZeneca, WHO
    director Tedros
    Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said. The WHO on Monday announced its consultative
    group examined the reports on the anti-COVID-19 vaccine produced by AstraZeneca
    and found no evidence that the vaccine could result in blood clots. Numerous
    countries have suspended the administration of this vaccine as a precaution
    after numerous side effects have been reported. The European Medicines Agency
    (EMA) also announced it would hold a special meeting on Thursday to discuss
    this topic, saying that the benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine outweigh the
    risks.




    ENERGY – Romania’s Energy
    Minister, Virgil Popescu, is today concluding his two-day visit to Brussels,
    where he held talsk with EU officials regarding plans to restructure the Oltenia
    Energy Company (southern Romania). In December, Romanian authorities officially
    notified the European Commission regarding plans to restructure the Company,
    which include financial assistance from the state. On February 5, the European
    Commission announced the launch of a comprehensive investigation of the state
    funding allotted to restructure the company. The Oltenia Energy Company needs
    the approval of the European Commission by the end of April in order to receive
    the funds which will be used to pay carbon gas emission permits for 2020
    penalty-free.




    CAR SECTOR – The sale of
    new cars went down in Romania by nearly 40% in the first two months of 2021,
    compared to the same period of 2020, data published by the Association of Car
    Manufacturers and Importers shows. The share of cars running on gas dropped by
    5%, reaching 60% of the total number of cars on the market. Diesel-fuel cars
    have a share of 26%. Electric and hybrid cars account for 13% of the total
    number of cars, which is double the number of cars reported last year. In terms
    of ownership, most cars were purchased by businesses in the first two months of
    this year, accounting for two thirds of total car sales.


    MOTION – The Senate is today
    debating and voting a simple motion filed by the Social-Democratic Party in
    opposition against Economy Minister, Claudiu Năsui. The Social-Democrats accuse
    the USR Minister for failing to present any strategy to support the Romanian
    industry, postponing the implementation of state assistance to the hospitality
    sector, slashing holiday vouchers and blocking payments under the Start-Up
    Nation programme. In turn, Claudiu Năsui says this motion is linked with the
    publication of all contracts signed by the Economy Ministry in previous years
    and that disclosures would continue. Liberal Senators have been urged to vote
    against the motion. On the other hand, Parliament is due to set the date for a
    new plenary session to vote on Romania’s contribution to the EU budget, after
    last week the power and the opposition couldn’t reach an agreement. A decision
    in this respect needs two thirds of the votes, while the Social-Democrats said
    they would vote in favor only if the National Recovery and Resilience Plan is
    presented before Parliament.




    TENNIS – Romanian tennis player
    Simona Halep (no. 3 WTA) has confirmed her participation in the tennis
    tournament in Miami, to take place over March 23 – April 3. Halep grabbed her
    best results in Miami in 2015 and 2019, when she reached the semi-finals. The defending
    champion is Ashleigh Barty of Australia, who won the tournament in 2019, since
    last year’s tournament was cancelled due to the pandemic. Taking part will be
    all players in the WTA Top 10. Representing Romania in the main draw will also
    be Patricia Ţig, Sorana Cîrstea and Irina Begu. (V.P.)

  • The EU calls for budgetary caution

    The EU calls for budgetary caution

    At the end of December, the European Commission issued a warning to the Romanian center-right coalition government: in a letter sent to Bucharest, the Commission stated that it wanted to have a dialogue with the Romanian Executive on the 2021 budget and on immediate and medium-term corrective measures, so that the situation of public finances did not become unsustainable. In the absence of appropriate measures, Romania’s public debt could reach 100% of the GDP in 2027, and covering it becomes risky, said the Commission, which added: Given the seriousness of the fiscal situation, we strongly encourage you to consider other fiscal policy initiatives as of 2021, both in terms of revenues and expenditures.

    The letter appeared in the press in Bucharest this week, almost simultaneously with a new appeal by the Vice President of the European Commission, Valdis Dombrovskis, according to which the Romanian Government must keep the budget deficit under control, as in 2020 spending rose sharply, and revenues fell considerably due to the pandemic. We expect from Romania a robust budget for 2021, wrote, on Thursday, the Brussels official after a telephone conversation with the Minister of Finance, Alexandru Nazare. The latter promised that promoting investment remained a priority, just like the use of European funds. Minister Nazare also gave assurances that the Romanian authorities are considering a fiscal consolidation and a gradual reduction, starting this year, of the budget deficit, which in 2024 would get below the level of 3% allowed by the European regulations. All this without affecting, however, Romania’s capacity to adopt measures meant to support the economy in this difficult situation generated by Covid-19. In turn, the Minister of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Tourism, Claudiu Năsui, spoke, in a televised interview, about the need for the massive reform of state-owned companies.

    The opposition Social Democrats, in power until the autumn of 2019, believe that the European Commission’s warning confirms that the current center-right government in Bucharest will be forced to take fiscal consolidation measures, which means austerity. According to the president of the Social Democratic Party, Marcel Ciolacu, unlike the other countries in the European Union, Romania spent money without having a serious plan of economic stimulation and recovery, beating, instead, record after record in terms of contracting loans. (M. Ignatescu)

  • Le premier collectif budgétaire pour 2019

    Le premier collectif budgétaire pour 2019

    Le premier collectif budgétaire pour 2019, soumis au débat public, prévoit une hausse significative de l’enveloppe impartie au ministère des Finances, dont une partie importante est représentée par la contribution de la Roumanie au budget de l’UE. Il en va de même pour les ministères de l’Environnement et de l’Emploi, pour le Service roumain de renseignement ainsi que pour le ministère du Développement régional. Par contre, le ministère de l’Education verra ses fonds diminuer considérablement. Les coupes les plus importantes seront opérées dans les dépenses de personnel, mais le ministère des Finances assure disposer de l’argent nécessaire pour payer les salaires jusqu’à la fin de l’année. Le même ministère signale que le PIB a été majoré jusqu’à 1.031 milliard de lei (environ 219 milliards d’euros), par rapport à l’estimation initiale de 1.022,5 milliards de lei (soit quelque 217 milliards d’euros). Par ailleurs, le ministère des Finances précise que le projet de collectif budgétaire prévoit les sommes nécessaires pour le paiement des pensions de retraite et des salaires ainsi que pour la finalisation du processus de restitution de la taxe spéciale et de la taxe sur la pollution automobile.



    Le Parti national libéral, d’opposition, demande le retrait de ce projet de collectif budgétaire et son remplacement par un document reposant sur des données réelles et qui puisse assurer l’argent nécessaire au renforcement de la sécurité et de l’ordre public, à l’éducation, à la santé et aux transports. De l’avis des libéraux, les mesures figurant dans le projet avancé par l’Exécutif vont accentuer le chaos qui règne dans les finances publiques. Selon le leader des sénateurs libéraux, Florin Câţu, il y a de gros trous dans le budget proposé et de nouvelles taxes seront instituées pour les combler.



    Un autre parti d’opposition, l’Union Sauvez la Roumanie, sollicite lui aussi que ce projet de collectif budgétaire soit retiré. Le député Claudiu Năsui soutient que, par son collectif budgétaire, l’Exécutif augmente les taxes et en crée de nouvelles. En outre, le député met en garde contre le fait que le gouvernement ait renoncé à l’imposition des pensions de retraite spéciales.



    En réplique, le ministre des Finances, Eugen Teodorovici, déclare que l’on est en train de travailler sur le mécanisme d’imposition de cette pensions et que l’on a pas pour l’instant établi si ce mécanisme serait introduit à travers un décret gouvernemental ou sous la forme d’un projet de loi à soumettre au Parlement. Le ministre a également souligné que ce collectif budgétaire ne prévoit pas de coupes dans les enveloppes financières des ministères des Transports, de la Santé ou dans celles de l’Education et que les ministres sont tenus de dépenser l’intégralité des montants qui leur sont alloués.



    A son tour, l’Alliance des libéraux et des démocrates, membre de la coalition au pouvoir, aux côtés du Parti social démocrate, précise que le collectif budgétaire est encore à l’état de projet et que les discussions au sein de la coalition gouvernementale sont loin d’être achevées.