The Government of Romania has launched an economic recovery programme worth approximately 4 billion EUR, structured into 7 state aid schemes, aimed at boosting productive investments, increasing GDP, and strengthening local value chains.
For the first time, the Government is proposing a real and concrete investment programme focused on sustainable economic growth and reducing the budget deficit, after years of significant fiscal imbalances.
The 7 intervention areas covered by this programme, for which state aid will be granted, are:
- Large strategic investments with significant economic impact (projects above EUR 200 million)
- Investments in competitiveness clusters and manufacturing sectors with trade deficits (EUR 1.05 billion)
- Investments to develop mineral resources and strategic raw materials, including “net-zero” technologies (EUR 1.05 billion)
- Research and development of high-end technologies (EUR 1.05 billion)
- Defence industry and strengthening industrial capacities (EUR 200 million)
- Increasing competitiveness and supporting regional convergence (EUR 500 million)
- Newly established companies with majority capital owned by members of the Romanian diaspora (projects above 100 million EUR)
State aid will be granted mainly in the form of non-repayable grants, complemented by tax deductions and tax credits, state guarantees, and interest rate subsidies, in line with the applicable European framework.
This programme sends a strong economic policy signal, focusing on strategic sectors, high value-added investments, and encouraging private capital to support medium- and long-term economic growth.