Iohannis made the announcement as the Union’s 27 leaders approved the post-pandemic recovery package and the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), after a marathon summit.
“We have reached a very important agreement for Europe, an extremely important agreement for Romania. After very complicated talks, very complicated negotiations, after four days and four nights of negotiations, we obtained an impressive amount for Romania – 79.9 billion euros- for European projects; the negotiations now allow us to move to the next stage. We will use the amount of 80 billion euros to rebuild Romania’s infrastructure, to build hospitals, schools, to modernise the great public systems. It is also very important to know that a significant part of the money will be used for economic recovery,” Iohannis said in Brussels at the end of a special European Council meeting.
Iohannis added that the Orban Cabinet has been working on the implementation of the plan for the 2021 – 2027 multiannual European budget since the start of 2020.
“It will be completed as soon as possible, so that we can be ready to start its implementation, and on the other hand, we have been working for a long time on a national recovery plan, which will be presented to the European Commission, in order to receive funds for economic recovery,” Iohannis concluded.
On Tuesday, the leaders of the EU Member States reached an agreement, on the fifth day of the Summit in Brussels, on the budget for 2021-2017 and on the EU Recovery Plan after the coronavirus pandemic. The 2021-2027 multi-annual budget received the green light for EUR 1,074 billion, while the EU Recovery Plan is worth EUR750 billion, consisting of EUR390 billion as non-refundable subsidies and loans in the amount of EUR360 billion..