Theme: Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Press statements by PM Victor Ponta after attending the 10th anniversary of Huawei presence in Romania
Reporter
What have you discussed at the meeting with Ministers with responsibilities in managing the European funds?
Victor Ponta
I discussed about the continuation of funding the programmes, because now, I unlocked all programmes, less Competitiveness, but there we continue to fund, and about the fact that we prepare 2014 -2020: there will be two years in which the old budget practically overlaps with the new one, and if we do not train properly, it will happen to us what it happened in the first years.
Reporter
Who are the Ministers subject to reshuffling?
Victor Ponta
None, at this moment.
Reporter
Have you met the head of Astaldi?
Victor Ponta
I have daily meetings with representatives of companies that invest in Romania. I congratulated those from Huawei, I met the OMV President, I will meet those from Astaldi, I do it on a daily basis. We discuss about investment projects, programmes unfolding, because if we do not unlock economically, everything remains just TV discussion.
Reporter
Will the pay law be enforced to lawmakers too?
Victor Ponta
We do not have a form yet, to tell you exactly to whom and how it is enforced. I want us to set some principles that have not been set in the past 23 years in Romania and if we manage to set them this autumn, we do a very good thing for the administration.
Reporter
Have you met the Prosecutor General, Mr. Nitu?
Victor Ponta
No, I did not meet Mr. Nitu as of Friday morning, on the Justice Day.
Reporter
Do you have information about the Iasi attempt?
Victor Ponta
I want to tell you irrespective of other important topics, that I have to thank God for preventing what happened yesterday in Iasi from becoming the biggest catastrophe in Romania’s history. If that bomb had indeed blown up, it would have been a huge tragedy. Investigations were made, we were informed myself and the President, it was not about a terrorist or something that could have been prevented, but a person with psychic problems, but you must know we were all very close to a catastrophe.