Three obstacles for the money in PNRR. One is about the special pensions

Romania has, for the moment, suspended for payment three milestones from the National Plan of Redress and Resility (PNRR) and their term resolution is November 28, 2025, the Minister of Investments and European projects, Marcel Boloș, announced on Friday.

‘The first suspended milestone is the one related to the operationalization and functionalization of the Monitoring Authority for the performance indicators of public enterprises, as the institution is known with the shortening Na AMEPIP, for which at present 330 million euros are suspended, and until November 28, 2025 we will solve this milestone with the number 440, respectively to be selected, respectively, respectively, which the European Commission imposes. From this point of view, the procedure is currently ongoing at the level of the General Secretariat of the Government. The deadline for submitting the candidates in order to select the commission that will evaluate the candidates for the management positions within this authority, respectively within Amepip, is June 11, ‘said Boloș.

The second milestone that was suspended is related to the administrators of companies from the Ministry of Energy, 43 being currently revoked.

‘The second milestone that was suspended is the one in connection with the administrators of the Ministry of Energy. These are 43 administrators who are currently revoked. The suspended amount is 227 million euros and we are in the following situation: procedures resumed for the designation of administrators at eight companies – Nuclearelectrica, Hidoelectrica, Romgaz, Oil Terminal, Conpet, EC Oltenia, Midia Green Energy and CNCIR. The non -releasing ones are at the Energy Stant Management Society – SAPE, Electrocentrale Craiova, Eurotest, Radioactive Măgurele and our Institute of Mineral Resources in the field of Energy. The deadline for the new administrators to be appointed is November 28, 2025 ‘, said the official.

According to the relevant minister, regarding the third milestone, which concerns the special pensions, Romania has the sum of 231 million euros.

‘For the special pensions component – the 215 milestone, 231 million euros are suspended. Currently, the draft normative act concerning the equity component in the field of special pensions for magistrates is passed by the debates in the Commissions in the Senate of Romania and has two important provisions, respectively the increase of the progressively retirement age, up to 65 years, respectively until 2045. Also, the basis of calculation for what it means to determine the amount of pensions Plenum in the Senate of Romania, at 85% of the net income. This is the decision we received and we were officially communicated. The term, as I said, flows for the three milestones that were suspended and for which we mentioned the amounts that are suspended until November 28, 2025 ‘, the official stressed.

Minister Boloș also stated that the amount of 1,279 billion euros, approved by the European Forum for Payment number 3, would enter the treasury until June 10.

‘During Wednesday, the European Commission issued Decision 3487 of 28/05/2025 by which it approved, in connection with the payment application number three, the payment of the amount of 1.279 billion euros, of which the grant component is 622 million euros, and the loan of 657 million euros. Also, by the same decision, the European Commission decided to suspend the amount of 869 million euros, of which the grant component of 814 million euros and the loan of 55 million euros. The consequence of adopting this decision, which is one with a good component for what the revenues to the state budget of Romania means, is that the six -month term for the amount suspended by 869 million euros from May 28, 2025 and is fulfilled on November 28. The amount of 1.279 billion euros is waiting for it from the European Treasury Commission until June 10, « said Boloș.

In his vision, in the renegotiation of the PNRR the stake is ‘to replace the investments with a pace of slowing implementation’.

‘It is the period, as we know, to interim, but in which the Government of Romania remained concentrated to solve and unlock the number three payment request, because the request for payment number four depends on it and, of course, the renegotiation of the National Royalty and Resilice Plan, which is in progress. The stake is the one regarding the replacement of investments with a slow implementation rate, with investments that are financed from the state budget or from our national programs, so that we can protect our financial interests and not be affected by the possible penalties that we had for the non-implementation of the investments, as we have engaged in the national plan.