Angela Kutasiewicz
According to NBS data, in 2025, the absolute poverty threshold was 3,764 lei per month per person, and more than 31% of the population was below this line. At the same time, the extreme poverty threshold amounted to 3,035 lei per month and the extreme poverty rate reached 15%.
“These data clearly show that social policy should be based on real categories of vulnerability: families with many children, elderly people, people with disabilities, residents of rural areas and high-risk regions,” Angela Cutasevici emphasized.
The deputy drew attention to the fact that villages suffer much more than cities. In rural areas, the level of absolute poverty reached 40%, which is almost twice as high as in cities, while the level of extreme poverty in villages amounted to 20.2% compared to 9.4% in urban areas.
Angela Cutasevici insists on the need for urgent social measures that must reach people directly: ensuring adequate income, functioning social services, and access to quality education, health care, housing and decent jobs.
