He said 2013 was the best year, with a total of EUR5.6 billion in EU funds, of which EUR2.9 billion in current transfers and EUR2.6 billion in transfers of capital.
The central bank official said funding increased each year except for 2007, which was the only year when Romania posted a negative balance on EU funding.
“We received EUR900 million and paid EUR1.2 billion, resulting in a negative balance of EUR298 million in current transfers. There has been no other negative balance since then, so each year we received more money than we contributed and the idea that Romania is paying more than it gets from the European Union is ,” Vasilescu said at the Mediafax Talks about European Funds conference.