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Bucharest Council approves benefit cuts and water tariff

Overview

The Bucharest General Council has approved several measures to address a municipal debt of approximately 690 million lei.

To manage these arrears, the city will suspend the 500 lei monthly social integration stimulus for approximately 52,000 adults with disabilities until November 1, 2030. Mayor Ciprian Ciucu stated that instead of the full amount, the city will pay 250 lei monthly to gradually clear the accumulated debt. Furthermore, the council voted to eliminate the ‘Materna’ voucher for pregnant women, reduce social stimuli for children with disabilities, and lower the newborn stimulus from 2,500 lei to 2,000 lei for specific categories.

In tandem with these welfare reductions, water tariffs will increase by 0.85 lei per cubic meter. This adjustment is part of an addendum to the concession contract with Apa Nova, intended to fund a nearly 500 million euro investment program to expand sewage networks and construct retention basins to mitigate flood risks.

These decisions have drawn criticism from political opponents, such as Daniel Băluță, who argued that savings should not be made “at the expense of vulnerable populations.”

Entities

Ciprian Ciucu · Bucharest City Hall · Bucharest · Daniel Băluță · National Health Insurance House

Timeline

  1. about 21 hours ago

    [POLITICS] 16 sources
    Bucharest Council suspends disability benefits and raises water tariffs

    Bucharest officials have suspended disability social stimuli until 2030 to manage debt, reduced maternity benefits, and increased water tariffs to fund a 500 million euro infrastructure project.

  2. 3 days ago

    [POLITICS] 3 sources
    Bucharest considers cutting maternity and newborn financial incentives

    Bucharest authorities are considering abolishing the 2,000 lei maternity voucher and reducing newborn incentives to 2,000 lei while tightening residency and debt-related eligibility requirements.

Sources

adevarul.ro · bucurestifm.ro · cursdeguvernare.ro · dcnews.ro · defapt.ro · doctorulzilei.ro · economedia.ro · europafm.ro · flux24.ro · newsweek.ro · psnews.ro · puterea.ro · qmagazine.ro · romaniatv.net · stirileprotv.ro · stiripesurse.ro · wowbiz.ro · ziarulprofit.ro

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