site.btaTurmoil in Romania's Ruling Coalition: Liberals Accuse Social Democrats of Populist Promises
A monument to Iuliu Maniu, a pre-WWII Romanian Prime Minister, on a main boulevard in the Romanian capital Bucharest, May 2022 (AP Photo)
After Romanian Labour Minister Marius Budai said Wednesday that the Social Democratic Party (SDP) would propose a series of social measures, including increases in the minimum wage and pensions, for discussion in the coalition, some local media immediately suspected that this would become the cause of tension between the two main parties in the governing coalition - liberals and social democrats.
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