Romanian president urges layoff of 20% of public servants (People’s Daily)

Romanian President Traian Basescu on Thursday urged a 20 percent reduction of the over-dimensioned public sector, through layoffs and not salary cuts. Basescu said on the public radio station that the public administration is “over-dimensioned” and 20 percent of the employees are “useless,” which can affect the state budget resources. He stressed that under the current “budget consuming” …