Marcel Ciolacu wants territorial reorganization in Romania: There will be regions and there will be mergers

Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu says that the budget reform and territorial reorganization will have to be done in Romania. One of the reasons being that an organization similar to that of the Poles, who did the regionalization, would allow us to have a greater absorption of European funds.

“Budget reform and territorial reorganization will have to be done in Romania. A very clear analysis is needed and a plan must be made.

We have the public administration system on the French model. That’s why it’s so bushy. They did the regionalization and have regional governors who intervene so that there are no more development gaps between the regions. I don’t want what happened between Timişoara and Bacău, for example, or between Cluj and the south of the country to happen again. Then he came up with this tool. I don’t know if it is still very current (gap no).

When the Poles did it, they did it and instead of having 10,000 projects with European funds, you had two integrated projects and naturally you had a 110% absorption of European funds, because Romania always had 54%” , said Marcel Ciolacu, when asked if the regionalization of Romania is an urgent necessity, on Thursday, in a press conference held after the meeting with businessmen from Timiş county.

The Head of the Executive added that “certain steps were lost, but fundamentally, as in the public administration, where a central and local reform must be done, regionalization will also have to be done”.

“This does not mean that they will be abolished. There will be regions, the projects will be submitted together and certain mergers will be made, but after a very precise study of each individual county.

It’s a depopulated mountain area, so you have to come up with balance tools, you have to cover the gap.

Exactly what happened to you in Timisoara. That’s it, the Banatian from Grindeanu came to build a highway in Moldova. Buzăul is not in Moldova and please don’t offend me, but a Buzăul still came who, together with Mr. Grindeanu and the rest of his colleagues from the Government, started to bring to the people of Timisoara what is right to bring”, said Ciolacu.