“Investments write the future of companies, but to achieve this potential, Romania needs a fiscal and regulatory framework that is stable, predictable and competitive,” said Alina Popa, chief financial officer and executive board member of OMV Petrom, at the event organized by Ziarul Financiar with support from Telekom, Antibiotice Iasi, Aqua Carpatica, Domeniile Samburesti, Transavia, Garanti Bank, OMV Petrom, JLL, E-Infra, Teraplast and Romgaz.
Cristian Parvan, chairman of the Romanian investor association PIAROM, said the idea that has been promoted over time that the business sector and the government are not on the same side is wrong.
“Clearly the business sector will have to understand it needs governmental support and that there is nothing wrong with that.”
The need for cooperation and trust is what Ramona Jurubita, chairperson of the Foreign Investors Council talked about, too.
“I think we need to give building a relationship with the political sector a chance.”
Distinguishing between Romanian and foreign capital should not be done considering all the companies in Romania (multinationals, Romanian private capital and state capital) create jobs on the local market and equally contribute to the growth of the business, said the representatives of the two representative investor groups.
“A market that is growing means opportunities, and Romanian companies, regardless of where their capital comes from, want to grow. Romania has the natural resources, and this should be the thing that makes us competitive on international markets,” said the minister for business environment Stefan Radu Oprea.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)