Speaking at a conference Monday, Orban said the European Commission urged Romania to draw up and implement a new strategy meant to enhance its administrative capacity.
Orban, a former European Commissioner, also said this is a prerequisite for the use of the European Union funds allocated to Romania for the 2014-2020 period. He added that if Romania fails to improve the performance of its public administration, it will run the risk of not being able to use the EU funds for a shorter or longer period of time.
According to Orban, a poor administrative capacity leads to negative results.
Romania’s absorption rate of EU structural funds stood at 13.43% in April this year.
Romania was allotted EUR39.9 billion from the EU budget for 2014-2020.