The mayors of four large cities in Western Romania have made an alliance aimed at developing the region by building highways and high-speed railway lines, according to Romania-Insider.com.
They want to access EU funds directly from Brussels, without going through the central authorities in Romania, Digi24 reported.
The four cities are Timisoara, Arad, Oradea and Cluj-Napoca, which are all run by mayors that don’t belong to the current ruling coalition in Bucharest, namely Nicolae Robu (Timisoara), Gheorghe Falca (Arad), Ilie Bolojan (Oradea) and Emil Boc (Cluj-Napoca).
The four mayors want to initiate together major infrastructure projects and draw EU funds to finance them.
