Romanian government plans to cut 40,000 jobs from local administration
<p>More than 40,000 positions will be cut from local administration in Romania as part of a wider effort to reduce public expenses. In total, the expected annual financial impact amounts to RON 2.2 billion (EUR 434 million).</p>
<p>The job cuts were announced by Romania’s minister of development, public works, and administration, <strong>Cseke Attila</strong>.</p>
<p>Also cut will be government jobs at the central level, from the cabinet of the prime minister, the deputy prime ministers, the ministers, the state secretaries, and others.</p>
<p>Roughly 4,000 positions part of the local police forces will be eliminated as well.</p>
<p>“40,000 positions in local administration [will be cut] overall, and the financial impact amounts to RON 2.2 billion annually,” the minister said during an interview, cited by <a href="https://agerpres.ro/politic/2025/08/11/cseke-attila-reforma-administratiei-locale-vizeaza-reducerea-a-40-000-de-posturi-economie-de-2-2-mil--1475183">Agerpres</a>.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Attila also explained the need for these measures. “We need to increase the revenues of local authorities, knowing that we are in a difficult year and probably next year will also be a difficult year. The state will not have the possibility to support the municipalities in their activity,” he said.</p>
<p>The cuts will not impact all local authorities equally. The ones that do not have a full organizational chart will not have to let many people go.</p>
<p>“Those who have all positions filled will, of course, need a more consistent reduction, including reorganization, in the sense that some employees in the public sector will have to leave,” said Cseke Attila.</p>
<p>Roughly 1.306 million people work in Romania’s public sector, according to <a href="https://www.romania-insider.com/ro-public-sector-employees-data-jan-2024">figures from November 2024</a>. The central public administration employed 838,316 people, and 467,881 worked in local public administration.&nbsp;</p>
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<p><em>(Photo source: Cseke Attila on Facebook)</em></p>