In a couple of meetings expected to generate a breakthrough on four key topics on September 17, Romania's ruling coalition deferred a final decision on the local administration staff cutting and the prolongation of the food price capping mechanism, according to Observatornews.ro. The sixth law of the package should focus on the local administration staffing and pay, but the government deferred it amid a lack of consensus among the ruling parties. Development minister Cseke Attila accepted the mayors' request to draft at the central level pay schemes for employees in the local administration at all levels. Regarding the prolongation of the food price capping mechanism, another topic in limbo, the ruling parties seem to be evaluating the impact on inflation. The central government insisted, however, that the local administration abstain from overcontracting, such as to avoid unpaid invoices at the end of the year, which are a threat to the budget deficit targets.