Extending the EU’s recovery and resilience funds (RRF) would add flexibility to the 2028–2034 EU budget negotiations, raise the chances of agreement before year’s end, and preserve EU leverage over reforms in Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania at a sensitive moment.
Last week, the European Commission condemned Russia and expressed solidarity with Romania after a drone carrying explosives struck a residential building in the Romanian border city of Galați, injuring civilians. If this is not a red line, what is? Shouldn’t it trigger a stronger response?
The vote of no confidence put an end to the government of Ilie Bolojan, from the centre-right National Liberal Party (PML), who had led a minority coalition since 2025 with the socialist party – making his tenure last less than a year.