What is the “correct news” in the opinion of a liberal, after the decision of the European Commission regarding Romania's money from the PNRR

PNL MEP Siegfried Mureșan criticized former Prime Minister and PSD leader Marcel Ciolacu after Romania lost 458.7 million euros from PNRR. Instead, the liberal claims that the merits for the unlocked amount, of 350.7 million euros, belong to the current prime minister, Ilie Bolojan, the leader of the party of which he is also a part.

“The correct news is: Ilie Bolojan saved 350 million Euros, money that was almost lost as a result of the failure of the Government led by PSD Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu”, Siegfried Mureșan wrote on Facebook on Friday evening.

He said that the Ciolacu Government had submitted payment request number 3 “with many unfulfilled reforms”.

“The European Commission had a lot of patience with the Ciolacu Government, but until the resignation of Marcel Ciolacu, the reforms were still not fulfilled”, continued Siegfried Mureșan.

The liberal claims that the European Commission's decision to still release 350 million euros “out of the 800 million euros that were blocked for more than two years” was taken “as a result of the reforms carried out by the Bolojan Government”.

The message of MEP Siegfried Muresan comes in the context in which the Bolojan Government is targeted by a motion of censure PSD-AUR. It is to be debated and voted on on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, after being read this week in the assembled plenary of Parliament. On Friday, in Suceava, the liberal prime minister spoke about the two post-motion scenarios.

A reaction to the decision of the European Commission also came from the PSD, through the voice of Victor Negrescu, who criticized the current government and said that “they are trying to fix the delays, accentuated in the last 10 months, through reforms made on the run, just to check the image chapter”.

What the Minister of European Funds said

In the message announcing the decision of the European Commission, the Minister of Investments and European Projects attributed the loss of money to “delayed, incomplete or badly done reforms in the past years”.

“Where there was political will, as was the case with special pensions, Romania recovered a large part of the allocated money. However, where the reforms were postponed for years, especially in the area of ​​state companies, Romania lost substantial sums”, declared Dragoș Pîslaru.