Romanian PM Calin Popescu Tariceanu: the 50% teachers' salary increase would kill Romania's economy

Romania’s economy is solid but we cannot ignore the fact that the global financial crisis is transforming into an economic crunch and neighboring countries already witness the impact, Romanian PM Calin Popescu Tariceanu declared in a press conference. He added that it is completely unrealistic to increase teachers’ salaries by 50% as the world’s economy is affected by a crisis. Moreover, he underlined that this measure will kill Romania’s economy.

Tariceanu added that the government needs to sustain the economic growth and maintain low unemployment rates. He reminded that in the last years the education has been a priority for the government and teachers’ salaries doubled in the last four years.

Tariceanu urged professors to understand that this salary increase cannot be made solely for them. There are also doctors and other social categories who have the same requests. Plus, he underlined that all international organisms advised Romania to treat this issue carefully and with responsibility.