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The Minister of Labor, Florin Manole, criticized Romania's low spending on social assistance and education, highlighting the need for increased funding in the upcoming budget. He emphasized that without proper financing, strategies and measures cannot be effectively implemented. During a conference, he pointed out that Romania has one of the lowest social assistance expenditures in the EU, resulting in fewer services and inadequate support for vulnerable individuals. Manole called for concrete budget allocations to accompany social measures and criticized the ease of cutting funds for vulnerable groups instead of pursuing structural reforms. He provided examples of insufficient increases in benefits for children with disabilities and low-income families, stating that these amounts do not meet the beneficiaries' needs.