Budget dispute escalates in Romania
A senator from Romania's Hungarian minority has dismissed the Social Democratic Party's claims regarding a budget deficit left by the previous government.
Political tensions in Romania are rising over claims regarding the national budget. According to reports by HotNews and Digi24, Senator Tanczos Barna of the Hungarian minority party (UDMR) dismissed assertions by Social Democratic Party (PSD) leader Sorin Grindeanu, who claimed that the government of Ilie Bolojan left behind debts exceeding 30 billion lei and the largest deficit in the European Union. Barna called on the Social Democrats to stop exaggerating, noting that they too had left behind debts after their previous term. Meanwhile, in India, Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi accused the Karnataka government of burdening citizens with repeated price hikes. Further details have not yet been released.