Teodorovici wants to bring the diaspora home by force

The situation is even more dramatic since Romania has more than 3.5 million citizens working abroad, or 17% of the population.

In addition, the diaspora is the main investor in Romania because of the sums sent annually to the country. Since 2006, the diaspora has sent more than 44 billion euros into the country.

Single European permit

Eugen Teodorovici proposed to have a single European work permit and to force workers from other countries to change countries of employment every five years.

"Maybe this measure is more restrictive or not, but that's all.We must learn at the European level that one gets richer, the other gets richer, but somewhere it breaks. You really need social cohesion, you do not charge and strengthen the West, and leave the rest of Europe out of the conditions, outside, "said Theodorovich, quoted by Hotnews.

"Five years and goodbye!"

The official gave as an example the fact that a Romanian arrived in Germany. If he receives a job in perpetuity, he will never return to the country.

"In what sense? And I see news that Teodorovici wants to reform Europe.No, sir, the work permit is the same as in all states.After the first permit, you are no longer allowed to renew your right to work in order to be forced to migrate to Europe, so if he arrives in Germany and finds a job, he will never return to Croatia, where he left Romania. at least five years in another country to look for a job ", explained Eugen Teodorovici.

We lost 17% of the population

According to United Nations statistics, Romania has lost 17% of the population in the past 25 years, according to United Nations statistics. Romania is included in this ranking only after Syria, a state devastated since 2011 by a bloody civil war.

Outside the borders, there are more than 3.5 million people now. Of these, only 672,178 Romanian citizens are domiciled abroad.

Crisis of the workforce in Romania

By comparison, the total number of Romanian employees has just exceeded 4.9 million.

The National Institute of Statistics shows that only 2.5 million Romanians are abroad, a million less than in the UN documents.

Of the total number remaining, 2.8 million are in the EU Member States, with Italy and Spain being by far preferred. Other favorite destinations are Britain, France or Germany.

Outside the EU, many Romanians are also citizens of the Republic of Moldova, while destinations outside the EU include Norway, the United Arab Emirates or the United States.

Romania is facing a massive shortage of manpower and more and more employers' organizations are complaining about it.

In addition, the Romanian state has increased in recent years the number of foreign workers admitted to Romania, many Chinese or Vietnamese under construction settling in our country, and Filipinos en bloc.

The higher the number of Romanian employees, the more the state collects more money for the budget and more contributions to pay the pensions.

The diaspora sent 44.74 billion euros into the country, in the last 12 years

The diaspora is the largest investor in Romania since the economic crisis ten years ago.

If, in 2008, foreign investment in Romania amounted to 9.2 billion euros and the money sent home by Romanians going to work rose to 6.3 million. billion euros, the situation has changed since 2009. That year, the diaspora sent 3.5 billion euros and investors 3.3 billion euros.

Until 2013, the diaspora has always sent more money than foreign investors, as in 2014. This is only in 2015, after the recovery of the economic situation in Romania and the reduction of taxes by the state, that investors started to money that the outgoing Romanians sent.

According to data from the National Bank of Romania, between 2006 and 2015, Romanians abroad sent 37.8 billion euros to their homes, according to Profit.ro.

In 2016, remittances amounted to 3.15 billion euros and foreign direct investment to 4.517 billion euros. Last year, the diaspora sent an additional 3.792 billion euros, while investors raised 4.586 billion euros.

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