Romanian PM Calin Popescu Tariceanu replaced Education minister Cristian Adomnitei

Romanian PM Calin Popescu Tariceanu replaced Education minister Cristian Adomnitei with Liberal Anton Anton, Romanian news television Realitatea TV informs. Previously,Tariceanu declared in a press conference on Saturday that he will challenge the law increasing teachers’ wages by 50%, which was just adopted by the Parliament. He added that such a law has a great financial impact on the budget and the law did not specify where the money will come from.

The Parliament approved on Tuesday a general 50% boost of state-paid wages for teachers in the national education system. Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu described the measure as „super-populist”, while the Education Minister returned with severe criticism on the measure, one day after voting in its favor in the Parliament.