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The chairman of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), Marcel Ciolacu, specified on Wednesday that vouchers will be given to vulnerable people and for students that are receiving social scholarships, with financing from both the state budget and European funds.
Asked, in Parliament, where the money for these vouchers will come from, Ciolacu replied: "The Prime Minister explained very clearly. They are financed from both European funds and the state budget".
He mentioned that the acting Minister of European Funds, Marcel Bolos, is discussing with the representatives of the European Commission to receive the agreement for funds from the 2016-2020 budget year to be used for these vouchers, Agerpres.ro informs.
"At this time, we do not need to change any European regulation, because there is an axis which we can access for this area," the PSD leader said.
Vouchers that will be issued as of May 1 will be financed from the state budget.
"Why did it come up with a double financing? So that they can be enforced as quickly as possible, being about financing from the state budget. In two weeks we won't need to receive agreement from the Commission to pay for vouchers from European money, because it is a double financing, from both the state budget and EU funds. (...) It will first come from the state budget, then, after Mister Bolos finishes the correspondence and with the Commission's acceptance, we will finance from European funds," the PSD chairman said.
According to Ciolacu, there is no risk for the European Commission to not agree with this, because there were talks on this topic with European commissioners when they came to Romania.
