Asked whether the building enveloping program announced by former minister Elena Udrea would still go through, funded with EU money, Petrescu said there is little chance for this to happen.
“Talks in the European Commission turned towards moving money from the Social Fund to this program. Odds are slim,” Petrescu said.
Udrea announced in December, based on an informal notice, according to Petrescu, that the Development Ministry plans the thermal rehabilitation of some 250,000 apartments in 2012, using money transferred from other programs, with the approval of the European Commission.
She told a news conference on December 20, that EU-funded thermal rehabilitation would commence in spring this year, and EU officials agreed to the relocation of EUR360 million from other programs to this operation.
“Things changed in the meantime,” Petrescu said Friday.