Cheap food no help to Romanians

The Romanian government passed its so-called 'solidarity basket' programme last week enabling pensioners to buy basic food products for 30 percent less than the normal price from next autumn. But the government should show solidarity in other areas, too, writes the liberal-conservative daily Adevărul: "They could combat the smuggling that threatens local products effectively. They could make a number of micro-loans available to farmers and support the distribution of domestic products. ... They could lower taxes so people have more money and encourage investors to create new jobs. They could call up more money from the European funding scheme - for modernising the infrastructure. They could start thinking about a programme for promoting new industries in Romania for the medium and long term. Whoever manages to do all this would go down in history, but it's not a safe bet that they would win next year's elections."

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