President Iohannis: Expect balanced, sustainable, practical budget

AGERPRES special correspondent Florentina Peia reports: President Klaus Iohannis stated on Friday that he expects a balanced, sustainable 2018 budget that can be put into effect. 

"My expectation is easy to define. I am waiting for a balanced, sustainable budget that can be put into effect, can be carried out. There are some concrete expectations. For example, I consider we absolutely need to have 2 percent allocated for Defence, it is also mandatory that we have a large enough amount for education, for health, but I hope that in 2018, unlike 2017, we have money not just allocated for public investment, but that these investments be carried through," the head of state said when asked about his expectations on Romania's budget design for next year. 

Klaus Iohannis is attending the Eastern Partnership Summit in Brussels.