Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu is located on Friday, February 21, 2025, in Brussels, for consultations with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von Der Leyen, regarding the renegotiation of the National Plan of Resilization and Resility of Romania, but also on the situation of regional and global security, in the context of negotiations They take place at the present time in search of a solution to end the Ukraine war.
Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu Photo: Archive
The program of the visit to Brussels includes a tete-tete meeting between Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu and the president Ursula von Der Leyen, as well as a plenary meeting of the Romanian government delegation with a delegation of the European Commission.
The official delegation that accompanies Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu to Brussels are the deputy prime minister and Minister of Finance Tánczos Barna, and the Minister of European Investments and Projects, Marcel Boloș.
“Regarding the renegotiation of the national recovery and resilience plan of Romania, the objective of Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu and the government delegation is to agree with the officials of the Commission to renegotiate some aspects related to the targets and milestones provided within this public investment plan and reforms thus reform. so that Romania can fully absorb the funds that have been allocated through the European mechanism for recovery and resilience ”the government transmitted, in a press release.
“We are firmly motivated to mobilize to recover the registered gaps, unfortunately, so far, in attracting these funding. There are, however said Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu before the working visit to Brussels.
The head of the Executive believes that the years 2025 and 2026 are decisive that Romania can benefit in full from the PNRR financing, a context in which it will closely monitor the deadlines necessary to attract these funds.
Also, the Minister of Finance, Tanczos Barna pointed out that there are some delays in terms of PNRR and that there are ministries that risk losing money because of the period without performance.
“Romania must respect The commitments and reform not only with the European Commission, but also with the OECDbecause we have this commitment to the reorganization of the corporate governance system. We will have to complete those competitions at AMEPIP (Agency for Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Enterprises Performance), we will have to implement those rules for appointing those in the Board of Directors. Here, I personally, I asked for a more flexible approach, because I cannot put on the same level the water-canal company from a village, with three employees, with, I know, with Salrom ”said Tanczos Barna.
