The European Commission reportedly refused Romania’s plan to re-allocate Resilience Facility money from infrastructure projects that are delayed and can not be implemented within the deadline to projects that are in a more advanced stage but were developed under national schemes (hence contracted under different, generally less restrictive, procedures).<\/p>\n
Even if the formation of a new government in Bucharest after the presidential elections won by the pro-EU candidate Nicusor Dan could provide more time and possibly induce a new approach on the Romanian side, the country is visibly facing a deadlock in using the Resilience Facility money.<\/p>\n
Romania’s minister of investments and European projects, Marcel Bolo\u0219, said the country may lose some EUR 10 billion out of a total of EUR 29 billion of grants and loans assigned to Romania under the Resilience Facility, according to Europa FM<\/a>.<\/p>\n “It is [not a failure but] rather a disagreement with the recommendations of the European Commission, a disagreement that would mean at least EUR 10 billion loss for the country,” said the minister after a Romanian delegation visiting Brussels last week held discussions with representatives of the European Commission.<\/p>\n