08 July 2026 Romania’s acting prime minister Ilie Bolojan stated in a Facebook post that the government's main priority in July and August is the absorption of European funds under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), with Romania having to collect over EUR 4.5 billion in the form of grants. The six laws to be approved for the absorption of the funds will be passed to lawmakers after last-minute consultations with the European Commission, PM Bolojan announced. According to PM Bolojan, the funds are essential for financing major projects, such as the Moldova Highway, the electrification of railway lines, the construction of hospitals, schools, and nurseries, the thermal rehabilitation of apartment buildings, and investments carried out by local authorities. "We still have to ca