The renegotiation of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), with the request for a 10% reduction in the loan component, as well as the future agreement with the Commission regarding the reduction of the budget deficit were among the topics addressed on Thursday in Brussels by premier Marcel Ciolacu in his talks with the European Commission's head, Ursula von der Leyen.
The prime minister specified, in a press conference, at the headquarters of the Permanent Representation of Romania to the EU, at the end of the meeting with the head of the European Commission, that he obviously also addressed the subject of the name of the future European Commissioner from Romania.
Ciolacu added that there was also a more technical discussion with the EC president about the payment request number 3 of the PNRR.
The Prime Minister stated that he submitted the proposal of a new agreement regarding Romania's deficit, which should extend over 7 years, during the discussions, as "I explained very clearly why we want this, because the biggest investments will follow in 2025 and 2026. As we well know, the PNRR has a deadline of the end of 2026 in terms of investment."
The prime minister mentioned that he also presented a stage of investments in the road and railway infrastructure.
"Road infrastructure, the first proposal was from Romania to have an amount allocated of approximately 13.7 billion euros. The final approval was around 7 billion euros. The difference represents the co-financing from the Romanian state. Naturally, if we want to complete, I understood from (Transport minister, ed. n.) Sorin Grindeanu, today, that we reached 900 km in work and in the tender of express road and motorways, then the budgetary effort from the Romanian state is approximately 60% as co-financing. It is normal that these investments bring Mr. Bolos at the Ministry of Finance, higher taxes and fees, and that's why this quarter shows that it has overruns - due to these major investments in infrastructure in Romania, much awaited by Romanians," Marcel Ciolacu stressed.
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