The minister said that the absorption rate is currently at 51.81%, after it reached 43.28% in the last two years and a half, compared with 7-8% in the first five years of the 2007-2013 framework.
Teodorovici also estimated that, for the first year of the next financial framework, the EU funds absorption rate will be at 10%, as several operational programs have already been approved and the first projects will be launched in the upcoming months.