ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN"The austerity program proposed by Băsescu-Boc and the IMF agreement of 2009 - acts to undermine the Romanian economy"
Recorded by ANCUŢA STANCIU (translated by Cosmin Ghidoveanu)Ziarul BURSA #English Section / 12 decembrie 2016
Reporter: Do you think that in 2009, we actually needed the loan that Romania took out from the international lenders? Why did we get to the point of having to call upon the international financial institutions, when the government had previously raised wages?
Mircea Coşea: From my point of view, the 2009 agreement raises major questions. I don't think that the answer to those will come from a potential political probe of the National Anti-Corruption Department.