Orban said figures are confidential, adding that a preliminary evaluation set financial corrections at several hundred million euros.
“We won’t lose the money. They may be allotted to other projects,” Orban highlighted. He added that negotiations with the EC in the conciliation process have not yet started.
Financial corrections will be different considering the problems identified in each of the four cases, Orban said.
People close to the matter told Mediafax recently the EC would make financial corrections and reduce the funds allotted to Romania for the regional development, environment, transport and competitiveness programs, after it identified public procurement irregularities.
Starting July 1, Romania stopped sending the Commission refund requests for the four programs. In the meantime, the EC checked whether the Romanian authorities observed the commitments made last year.