{"id":6854,"date":"2025-09-19T12:06:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T12:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6854"},"modified":"2025-09-19T12:06:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T12:06:29","slug":"romanian-prime-minister-ilie-bolojan-to-meet-with-three-european-commissioners-in-brussels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6854","title":{"rendered":"Romanian prime minister Ilie Bolojan to meet with three European commissioners in Brussels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime minister Ilie Bolojan announced that he will visit Brussels next week to talk to three European commissioners about deficits, defense, and EU financing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The first meeting will be with the commissioner for economy, Valdis Dombrovskis, as Romania \u201cmust adjust the issues related to deficits to be a trustworthy country, so as not to continue the procedure of suspending European funds,\u201d according to Bolojan, cited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digi24.ro\/stiri\/actualitate\/politica\/ilie-bolojan-merge-la-bruxelles-unde-va-discuta-despre-programele-ue-de-finantare-trebuie-sa-ne-reglam-aspectele-ce-tin-de-deficite-3419389\">Digi24<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the government is preparing to make the budget revision in the coming period.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe estimates from the beginning of the year regarding the way the money would be spent until the end proved totally unrealistic, and we must correct things so that we ensure payments and continue investments,\u201d Bolojan said.<\/p>\n<p>The PM will also meet defense commissioner Andrius Kubilius to discuss the SAFE program, which is intended to fund defense acquisitions.<\/p>\n<p>Romania was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romania-insider.com\/romania-soft-loans-eu-safe-scheme-sept-2025\">allocated over EUR 16 billion<\/a> in the form of advantageous credit for such expenditures as part of the program. The government aims to fund two major highway projects with the money, namely the Pa\u0219cani\u2013Siret route through Suceava, but also the Pa\u0219cani\u2013Ungheni segment through Ia\u0219i.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPractically, this credit that is granted to us helps us on three components: on the budget deficit component, because we have a grant period of 10 years and a loan with very good interest rates; the defense component, because it allows us to have predictability of defense expenses in the coming years; [&#8230;] and at the same time it helps us with financing on the mixed transport and military infrastructure,\u201d Bolojan explained.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Ilie Bolojan will talk to commissioner Roxana M\u00e2nzatu about the future of EU financing for Romania. The country must have a clear stance regarding the sums it is allocated, especially the agricultural and cohesion financing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRomania must obtain the best possible position in the negotiations,\u201d stressed the head of the executive.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"mailto:radu@romania-insider.com\">radu@romania-insider.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: Gov.ro)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime minister Ilie Bolojan announced that he will visit Brussels next week to talk to three European commissioners about deficits, defense, and EU financing.\u00a0 The first meeting will be with the commissioner for economy, Valdis Dombrovskis, as Romania \u201cmust adjust the issues related to deficits to be a trustworthy country, so as not to continue [&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-6854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6854","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=6854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6854\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}