{"id":3968,"date":"2025-03-04T08:00:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T08:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=3968"},"modified":"2025-03-04T08:00:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T08:00:20","slug":"romanias-acting-president-bolojan-meets-foreign-investors-amid-political-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=3968","title":{"rendered":"Romania&#8217;s acting president Bolojan meets foreign investors amid political uncertainty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romania&#8217;s acting president, Ilie Bolojan, met representatives of the Foreign Investors Council (FIC) and bilateral chambers of commerce to discuss &#8220;attracting and continuously developing investments in the national economy, as well as on reducing local bureaucracy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Bosch announced it gives up the planned EUR 110 million household appliance factory in western Romania, China&#8217;s UE Furniture was taking over one of the countries&#8217; largest furniture producers, Rus Savitar, set up by local founders and temporarily owned by Swedish Greenbridge Partners, currently facing financial problems, and the farmers&#8217; association was accusing the new owner of Bod sugar refinery of turning the facility into a real estate project. Earlier this year, China&#8217;s Haier abandoned its refrigerator factory in Romania, a project supported by a state grant.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Prime minister Marcel Ciolacu promised support for more industrial capacities, and the government is constantly running state grant schemes for various sectors.<\/p>\n<p>On the upside, German retailer Lidl announced new investments in other stores, and French retailer Carrefour said Romania remains one of the group&#8217;s main markets and will develop at full speed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite several major projects such as the Nokian tire factory, foreign investors mainly target real estate (particularly retail) and logistics projects, as well as renewable energy projects.<\/p>\n<p>In an earlier meeting with prime minister Marcel Ciolacu, FIC representatives pointed out that FIC Business Sentiment Index results show a trend of putting investments on hold due to political uncertainty, the budget deficit, and fiscal measures.<\/p>\n<p>The delegation of foreign investors reportedly highlighted the need for reforms aimed at reducing bureaucracy, improving administrative efficiency, and creating a sustainable fiscal framework.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Acting president Bolojan reaffirmed Romania&#8217;s commitment to a firm Euro-Atlantic path, emphasizing that this framework provides security for investors and contributes to the long-term development of the economy.<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: Presidency.ro)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romania&#8217;s acting president, Ilie Bolojan, met representatives of the Foreign Investors Council (FIC) and bilateral chambers of commerce to discuss &#8220;attracting and continuously developing investments in the national economy, as well as on reducing local bureaucracy.&#8221; In the meantime, Bosch announced it gives up the planned EUR 110 million household appliance factory in western Romania, [&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-3968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3968","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=3968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3968\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}