{"id":12831,"date":"2026-11-06T08:00:51","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T08:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=12831"},"modified":"2026-11-06T08:00:51","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T08:00:51","slug":"romanian-minister-suggests-renegotiating-safe-contracts-at-risk-of-penalties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=12831","title":{"rendered":"Romanian minister suggests renegotiating SAFE contracts \u201cat risk of penalties\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI think Romania now has people [following the swearing-in of the new Social Democratic government] who can convince Brussels that we were stupid, that we were scoundrels, that we were corrupt, and that we need a new chance to put these things right,\u201d minister Ghigiu said, indirectly accusing the interim government led by Liberal (PNL) prime minister Ilie Bolojan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it is mandatory for the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to have such a discussion in order to renegotiate these contracts, even at the risk of penalties,\u201d Ghigiu said in an interview with Antena 3, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.ro\/politic-intern\/ministrul-proiectelor-europene-avanseaza-ideea-renegocierii-unor-contracte-din-programul-safe-chiar-cu-riscul-unor-penalitati-ideea-contestata-vehement-de-fostul-presedinte-traian-basescu-1922405005522026112122949604?mc_cid=9bbf3d5ee6&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\">News.ro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Under the SAFE programme, Romania has been allocated a total of EUR 16.68 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The largest share of this funding is earmarked for major defence contracts. These include a EUR 3.337 billion contract with Rheinmetall Automecanica SRL for infantry fighting vehicles, followed by a EUR 981.95 million contract with Rheinmetall Italia S.p.A. for advanced air defence systems.<\/p>\n<p>NVL B.V. &amp; Co. KG holds a contract worth approximately EUR 920 million for naval vessels, while General Dynamics European Land Systems is involved in an initial phase worth EUR 831.2 million for Piranha 5 armoured vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining EUR 4.2 billion of the total allocation is managed by national transport authorities for strategic highway infrastructure projects on the A7 and A8.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI think Romania now has people [following the swearing-in of the new Social Democratic government] who can convince Brussels that we were stupid, that we were scoundrels, that we were corrupt, and that we need a new chance to put these things right,\u201d minister Ghigiu said, indirectly accusing the interim government led by Liberal (PNL) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12831\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}