Possible budget adjustment in November

The Government is likely to operate another budget adjustment in November, besides next week’s rectification, Premier Adrian Nastase said. “We are trying to use the available money to address immediate priorities and to solve some delicate issues,” Nastase stated. The Premier also specified that the Public Finance minister would actually operate the 2003 budget modification, after talks with other ministers. The rectification of this year’s consolidated state budget is aimed to secure the necessary funds for the payment of arrears, of subsidies destined to agricultural producers and part of the heating costs, the government spokesperson Despina Neagoe also said. According to Neagoe, Public Finance minister Mihai Tanasescu has presented a report on the Government’s priorities for the budget rectification. “No figures were discussed, just targets,” Neagoe stated. ZF