Regional policies commissioner says Romania lacks big infrastructure projects

The European Commissioner for Regional Policies, Romanian Corina Cretu, asked Romania’s Transport Ministry to submit mature projects for EU financing, such as the Sibiu-Pitesti highway, says ClujToday.ro. Corina Cretu visited Cluj-Napoca together with the European Commissioner for Agriculture, Phil Hogan, with the Romanian minister for Agriculture, Petre Daea, and with Daniel Buda, member of the European Parliament.

She said that Romania has no other big infrastructure projects for EU financing besides the subway line from Bucharest’s main train station (Gara de Nord) to the airport and the water and sewage projects that weren’t finalized in the previous financing period, Mediafax reported.

The European Commissioner explained that, while many blame EC representatives for making it difficult to draw EU funds, the problems are in fact related to the local authorities’ lack of management capacity and the local bureaucracy, according to Romania-Insider.com.

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