Romania secures €10 billion in EU funds in a single year

Interim Minister of European Projects Dragoș Pîslaru announced that Romania attracted €10.4 billion in EU funding between June 2025 and June 2026, setting a record for twelve consecutive months. The absorption rate for cohesion funds rose to 97% of the allocated budget, and the share of EU money in public investment reached 76%. Pîslaru said the government expects to hit 95% absorption of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) and to reach full utilization of the current financing cycle.

At the same time, geopolitical analyst and Smartlink CEO Radu Magdin warned that Romania’s political instability could erode its competitive edge with foreign investors. He cautioned that a lack of consensus among parties and limited multilingual political leadership risk making the country less attractive compared with neighboring Hungary and Bulgaria, potentially jeopardising future investment flows.

The two perspectives underline both the scale of recent EU inflows and the domestic political challenges that could affect Romania’s longer‑term investment climate.