Romania’s EU funds absorption rate below EU average by 20 pct, says Angela Filote

Newsroom 05/02/2015 | 15:31

Romania has absorbed only 56 percent of the EU funds it has been allocated for the 2007-2013 financial period compared to an EU average of 76 percent, shows the most recent data from the European Commission (EC), said Angela Filote, head of the EC representation in Romania on Wednesday, according to Mediafax news agency.

This makes Romania the only EU member country with a rate of absorption lower than 60 percent, she added, warning that the country only has this year to absorb the remaining funds for the 2007-2013 financial framework and improve its rate.

“Only that which can be done will be done in the remaining months of this year, of course, but what is important is that we don’t enter the 2014-2020 financial framework with the same problems. So it is this that needs to be addressed before calls for projects under the new framework are launched,” urged Filote.

Excessive bureaucratization and changing rules during the game have been the main setbacks to accessing EU funds in Romania, she added.

Simona Bazavan 

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