Welfare. The package of social and
economic measures Support for Romania , worth 17.3 billion lei (about 3.5
billion euros), will be presented on Monday by the coalition leaders, the
president of the Social Democratic Party, Marcel Ciolacu, has announced. He says
the package is a first because it s for the first time that a government has
come up with such a plan to prevent the
effects of the energy crisis. In turn, the Minister of Labor and Social
Solidarity, Marius Budai, has explained that the beneficiaries of the social
measures included in the Support for
Romania program are approximately 12 million people. The measures agreed by
the PSD-PNL-UDMR governing coalition include: an increase in the minimum wage
of 200 lei (about 40 euros), 50 euro vouchers for vulnerable families, a higher
value of meal vouchers, from 20 (4 euro) to 30 lei (6 euro), double food quotas
for hospitalized patients, as well as aid for the payment of fuel. The
executive has also
Romania supports Ukraine
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, on Monday addressed Romanian Parliament by videoconference, as he did the parliaments of other countries since the start of the Russian invasion. Prior to the keynote addresses, senators and deputies marked a moment of silence in memory of the Ukrainians who lost their lives during Russia's military aggressions. "Ukraine is not the last target of Russian aggression. Defending the liberty of Ukraine means defending the security of Europe", president Zelensky said, thanking Romanians for assisting Ukrainian refugees. "There are grounds for closer relations between our people, allowing for the full protection of our national minorities, the Romanians in Ukraine and the Ukrainians in Romania", the Kyiv leader pointed out. Monday's message in the Romanian Parliament came as the atrocities of Bucha were revealed to the whole world. In this context, Romania declared ten representativ