Rovana Plumb

Minister of Labour, Family, Social Protection and the Elderly, Rovana Plumb, vice president of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), told a press conference on Friday in Alba Iulia (north-west of Bucharest) that the minimum salary will amount to 1,200 lei (about 285 euros) in 2016.

Romania's Labour Minister, Rovana Plumb, encountered both jeers and cheers in Brussels last week when she told a Roma summit that the "integration of Roma people is a longstanding and steady commitment of Romanian government.

"We have achieved some results in combating poverty and offering jobs to people,” she maintained.