The centre-to-right coalition government in
\nBucharest on June 2nd made public the National Recovery and
\nResilience Plan PNRR – about 12 hundred pages sent to the EU with measures,
\nwhich would allow Romania to attract 29 billion euros worth of EU funds. This
\nmoney, which Romania can get as loans or subsidies is part of a major plan of
\n672 billion euros designed by Brussels so that all the member states can
\novercome the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Authorities in Romania
\nwant to use some of the money to build over 400 kilometers of motorway,
\nhundreds of schools and kindergartens and refurbish many hospitals. <\/p>\n
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In fact, the transport infrastructure,
\nEducation and Healthcare are going to receive most of the funds. The plan also
\ncontains provisions for some environment activities such as reforestations or
\nan improved waste management. According to Prime Minister Florin Citu, all the
\nloans Romania is going to get by means of PNRR will be used for investment.<\/p>\n
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Florin Citu: We must get loans to
\ninvest in Romania as we need to build motorways, hospitals, schools, and the
\nloans we get by means of this PNRR are at a low interest rate, close to zero.
\nGermany, Spain, Italy, countries from the Eurozone, are getting loans at this
\nrate. The fact that we can get loans at such a low interest rate and invest
\nthem is a good thing for Romania. <\/p>\n
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Deputy prime
\nministers Dan Barna and Kelemen Hunor have underlined that key sectors will
\nsignificantly change and that all communities, irrespective of the region will
\nbe equitably and fairly supported. On the other hand, Lucian Romascanu,
\nspokesman for the opposition PSD, believes that on the contrary, the projects
\nincluded in the PNRR will be causing new imbalances. <\/p>\n
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Lucian Romascanu: We don’t have anything when it comes to motorways, rail
\nroads, irrigation systems or gas networks, and that situation is condemning
\nRomania to underdevelopment. We are going to have a country which is developed
\nunequally, right at a time when we can give it a new look by properly using
\nthese funds. <\/p>\n
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The plan also contains a series of reforms in
\nterms of pensions, justice, state companies and the payment of the personnel in
\nthe public system. While the government says that it wants to recalculate
\npensions, the opposition PSD has referred to the former’s intention to increase
\nthe pension age, implement austerity measures and freeze incomes. <\/p>\n
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According to the Social-Democrats, the poverty
\nof the Romanians and the dropping standard of living are the only certitudes of
\nthe National Plan of Recovery and Resilience. According to the Minister of Investment and
\nEuropean Projects, Cristian Ghinea in the next period Bucharest is waiting for the
\nofficial assessment of this plan in Brussels and for its approval. From that
\nmoment on the ways of implementing the aforementioned plan belong exclusively
\nto Romania.<\/p>\n
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