Nicușor Dan, at the Timișoara Cities Summit: "The major European cities are those that drive development, this fact is not recognized and resources that would allow these cities to develop even better and bring more prosperity to the country are not allocated."

At the opening of the Timișoara Cities Summit, the President of Romania, Nicușor Dan, highlighted the imbalance between large cities, which generate economic development, and national authorities, which do not allocate them appropriate resources. He mentioned his experience as the mayor of Bucharest, when important projects were not supported. Nicușor Dan proposed the creation of a European network of large cities to strengthen their voice in the European decision-making process.