EU commissioner for jobs and social rights Nicolas Schmit and EU commissioner for cohesion and reforms Elisa Ferreira are in Romania to launch national programmes funded through the EU’s cohesion policy and verify the results of EU-funded projects. The two EU officials are also meeting Romanian prime minister Nicolae Ciucă, the minister for European projects Marcel Boloş and labour minister Marius Budăi before travelling to Iaşi for talks with the local authorities on development projects in the region. Tomorrow, the two EU commissioners will have talks with the authorities in Vaslui on a number of projects funded under the cohesion policy, such as the Emergency County Hospital, local infrastructure for pre-school education and a meat processing plant employing vulnerable persons. The EU officials will also visit a centre for Ukrainian refugees.
