The government in Bucharest believes that the pay rises and the scrapping of various taxes passed by Parliament will have a bad impact on the budget.
A look at the main events in Romania this week
Valer Dorneanu is the new president of the Constitutional Court of Romania.
Local elected officials having received suspended prison sentences will lose their seats, the Constitutional Court of Romania ruled.
PM Ciolos on official visit to France Thursday and Friday; new bill on public sector salaries passed
Britain holds EU referendum in June / President Iohannis will address Parliament on February 21st
European Council president Donald Tusk to meet with Romanian president Iohannis Bucharest
A roundup of the week's main stories
Smoking kills 33,000 people in Romania every year, that is 89 people a day or 4 every hour.
Parliament approved special pensions for its members and the local elected authorities.
Parliament discusses 2016 budget bill; Colectiv death toll reaches 61; far-right loses local elections in France
The main developments of the past week in Romania
The Senate has passed the draft law on postal voting.
