Romania: Protests against austerity measures
Czytelnik CIA, Pią, 2010-06-25 13:58
English
A few hundred people protested today in Bucharest against the government's proposed austerity measures. The government had announced it plans to cut salaries in the budget sector by 25% and pensions by 15%. The cuts were to be made to meet requirements set by the IMF.
During the protest, some people tried to storm the presidential palace.
Today the Constitutional Court however ruled that some of the austerity measures were unconstituional. The nine justices declared that the pension cuts would be illegal.
