The Minister of Investments and European Projects, Dragoş Pîslaru, announced on Friday that Romania managed to unlock 350.7 million euros initially suspended due to the delay in reforms, but that it lost another 458.7 million euros. «Yesterday evening, we received the European Commission’s assessment of Payment Request No. 3 from the PNRR. It is one of the most difficult payment requests that Romania has had so far. This request was submitted by Romania on December 15, 2023. The reforms included in CP3 should have already been correctly completed at the time of submission,» he said in a post on Facebook. The official explains that the fault lies with the politicians, but the Romanians bear the bill. «You cannot claim European funds and, at the same time, continue to appoint smart guys from the party to the management of state-owned companies. You cannot ask for trust from Brussels, while you, in Bucharest, only imitate the selection based on professionalism criteria. […] All Romanians must once again bear the bill for the villainy or incompetence of some tricksters who have reached the leadership of the party, who want to keep us poor and uneducated, because that’s the only way they can manipulate people into giving them another vote».See below the minister’s full post and the status of the reforms in request 3.
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