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Prime Minister Luca Niculescu announces the establishment of a working group to reduce delays at Romania’s borders

Gabriel Dumitrache

5 November 2026, 11:13

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Prime Minister Luca Niculescu announced that the Government is set to approve, at Thursday’s meeting, the establishment of an interinstitutional working group aimed at eliminating occasional delays at Romania’s borders, particularly at the border with the Republic of Moldova.

The group will be coordinated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and will identify measures to increase the operational and organizational capacity of the authorities at border crossing points. The objectives include ensuring the required level of security, supplementing and streamlining human, material, and logistical resources, as well as strengthening control capacity.

The announcement was made by the prime minister at the beginning of the Government meeting, in the context of a memorandum on the agenda. The document proposes a coordinated approach among the institutions responsible for border security, transport, finance, agriculture, and administration.

The working group will include representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, the Ministry of Development, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Agriculture, the National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Prime Minister’s Chancellery. The participation of several institutions seeks to rapidly identify bottlenecks and implement joint solutions to streamline border traffic.

Context: Romania and the Republic of Moldova had previously extended coordinated control agreements at border crossing points

Before the announcement regarding the new interinstitutional working group, the Government approved a six-month extension of the Romania–Republic of Moldova agreement on coordinated control at the Albița–Leușeni Border Crossing Point, in the direction of entry into Romania, for the period October 15, 2026–April 15, 2027. During that period, the stated objective was to reduce waiting times and streamline cross-border traffic by having the authorities cooperate in carrying out formalities for people and vehicles.

Also, prior to this, the agreement concerning coordinated control at the Galați–Giurgiulești crossing point was extended by 12 months, for the period August 24, 2026–August 24, 2027. The authorities justified maintaining the mechanism by assessing the results of the control and by the fact that the agreement facilitates the continuation of infrastructure investments funded by the EU, alongside the subsequent implementation of bidirectional control and alignment with European standards in border management.