Ciolacu: When someone screams on TV or in Parliament, they must be told clearly that Romania is collapsing without European funds

Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu declared, on Thursday, that when someone screams on the street, or on TV or in Parliament, they must be answered very clearly that Romania is collapsing if it no longer has access to European funds and if it does not implement EU reforms. He mentioned that politicians must be more serious, more united, and the democratic forces must be a united voice outside Romania, especially inside the EU.

“I, what I want first and foremost is a European normality. We are still struggling to find that political state that would create a normality in Romania. The way with populism, the way with which we have to go to Brussels, to beat the masses with our fists to get certain things or to make ourselves heard, or to hold a rally in front of the Commission, the Council, does not represent anyone and does not represent a people like Romania”, declared Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu in a debate, according to News.ro.

He specified that “politicians must be more serious, more united, and the democratic forces hope that they have understood, after these 30 or so years of democracy, that there must be a united voice outside Romania, especially inside the EU where until now for too long we have been on the defensive”.

“We always went to the lessons unprepared, not knowing very clearly what we wanted, and then we all tried to fix what we alone assumed and signed in front of the Commission. This must stop, the political disputes, between the democratic forces, must take place on the territory of Romania. We have a consolidated justice system, a consolidated democracy and we must enter a construction zone for Romania”, emphasized the head of the Executive.

The Prime Minister mentioned that always when talking about PNRR, he is asked about the status of financing, funds, because they bring us a higher standard of living, but “the most important component of PNRR are the reforms”.

“The economic sustainability of Romania, at this moment, is based on European funds. When one screams on the street, or on TV or in Parliament, we must answer them very clearly that Romania will collapse if it no longer has access to European funds and if it does not implement EU reforms. We all wanted a country like outside, I am one of those who upon accession and after the revolution the most important thing was to go outside”, added Ciolacu.

Editor: Liviu Cojan

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