Romania to ask renegotiation of National Recovery and Resilience Plan in March
<p>Prime minister <strong>Marcel Ciolacu</strong> said on February 21 that Romania will request the amendment of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNNR), and this will most likely be done in March, according to <a href="https://spotmedia.ro/stiri/economie/ciolacu-spune-ca-romania-va-cere-renegocierea-pnrr?mc_cid=16afec5de3&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Spotmedia.ro</a>.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Ciolacu met in Brussels with the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the priority topic was payment request number 3 and the renegotiation of the PNRR.</p>

<p>Finance minister Tanczos Barna, who accompanied Marcel Ciolacu in Brussels, assured that Romania would receive RON 47 billion (EUR 9.5 billion] under PNRR this year after RON 32 billion has already been received so far.</p>

<p>"Our interest is that this program will be a success for Romania, and yesterday [February 21], in Brussels, we received assurances from the European Commission that they will support us in this endeavor," Tanczos Barna wrote on Facebook.</p>

<p>"Greece and Italy have finished this discussion [on their PNRRs], and Romania is going to have it too. It's normal. I think that [this discussion will take place.] in March," PM Ciolacu stated.</p>

<p>With only 13% of the investments and reforms undertaken through the PNRR &nbsp;completed and only a year and a half to complete the rest, the government seems set to miss the chance to bring a large part of the EUR 19 billion that has not yet been drawn into the country.</p>

<p>"I would say that avoiding recession this year is somehow related to the absorption of European money," said Adrian Codîrlașu, president of CFA Romania, quoted by Digi24.ro.</p>

<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com</em></p>

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