The European Commission calls for the acceleration of the implementation of the PNRR following the approval of amendments for six states, including Romania.
Brussels, November 13, 2025 – The finance ministers of the European Union have approved amendments to the national recovery plans for Belgium, Estonia, Luxembourg, Croatia, Slovakia, and Romania, following discussions within the ECOFIN Council. The European Commission emphasized that all member states must accelerate the implementation of the NRRP and eliminate measures that can no longer be completed on time.
Romania is among the states for which the ECOFIN Council has approved amendments to the National Recovery and Resilience Plan. The approval of the amendments means that Romania must now accelerate the implementation of the remaining components, remove from the NRRP measures that cannot be completed within the assumed deadlines, and focus on realistic milestones until the end of the eligibility period. The European Commission conveyed during the meeting that the time pressure is high, and states must adjust their plans to avoid blockages or loss of funding.
For Romania, this message is essential as the implementation of the NRRP involves high-risk milestones, and the remaining period until the end of the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism is limited. The statements from the Commission at ECOFIN indicate that Brussels expects a visible acceleration in the pace of implementation and a clearer focus on feasible measures, which can directly impact the timeline of investments in infrastructure, digitalization, energy, education, and administrative reforms.
The Commissioner for Economy, Valdis Dombrovskis, stated that "member states must act quickly to simplify plans, eliminate measures that cannot be fulfilled by the deadlines, and focus on implementation." Updating the plans is considered necessary to adapt investments to current economic conditions and to avoid delays in achieving the assumed milestones and targets.
The Commission also presented an assessment of the overall status of the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism, insisting that the implementation period is approaching the final phase. States are encouraged to prioritize reforms on schedule and adjust the structure of their plans to maximize the absorption of available funds until the end of the eligibility period.
European officials emphasized that the instrument remains a central pillar of post-pandemic economic recovery and the modernization of European economies, and that accelerating implementation is essential for the assumed reforms to translate into concrete results in the green transition, digitalization, and increasing economic resilience.
