The European Commissioner for Internal Market, Thierry Breton, is visiting Romania today. After meeting with Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă, the Brussels official stated that Romania will be able to play an even more important role in the defense industry, in the context of the war in neighboring Ukraine. Thierry Breton highlighted the fact that Bucharest increased the budget allocated to Defense from 2 to 2.5% of the GDP, stressing it is an example to be followed. The discussions with Nicolae Ciucă also focused on cyber security, the European Commissioner appreciating that there must be competitiveness in this field. In fact, today he is visiting the future headquarters, in Bucharest, of the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre, together with the Romanian Minister of Research, Innovation and Digitization, Sebastian Burduja, as well as two important defense equipment factories, together with the Minister of Economy, Florin Spătaru.
Eugen Cojocariu, Radio Romania International
