The Russian Embassy told about cuts in social programs in Romania due to defense spending

In Romania, due to increased defense spending, the authorities plan to cut social programs and increase taxes, the Russian Embassy in the republic told Izvestia.

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"It is planned, in particular, to increase VAT and a number of other taxes, cut social and investment programs, increase household tariffs, and freeze wages in the public sector. In other words, the costs of the adventurous course dictated by Washington and Brussels will be shifted to ordinary Romanian citizens," they said.

Earlier, NATO countries agreed to increase military spending to 5% of GDP by 2035.

In Greece, not only social benefits are being reduced, but also health and education costs, Kyriakos Velopoulos, leader of the Greek Solution party and a member of the Greek parliament, tells Izvestia.

"We continue to 'buy' rather than invest in the Greek defense industry," he concluded.

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