Loading ...Romania has to benefit by the fact that, as EU member state, gets involved, together with the European Commission, in the decision-making process referring to the way of spending the European development funds, head of the Director General for Development of the European Commission Stefano Manservisi said.
At a debate on "Romania – active actor in EU’s foreign action", Manservisi said that the country has to combine its involvement in the field of granting support for development at a bilateral level (5 million euros in 2007) with that that made through the funds that contribute to the EU budget for development (80 million euros in 2007).
Manservisi said that Romania also has other advantages to offer, besides the simple financial help, such as its political and economic experience gathered during the transition process from totalitarianism to democracy, the state of law, the efforts deployed to increase the financial assistance level, the experience of the collaboration with the neighbouring countries (such as Serbia).
"It is, after all, in our best interest, in the best interest of all Europeans, to have stable and peaceful partners all over the world, trustful political allies and prosperous clients," Manservisi said, adding that "investing in development means investing in our own future."
The EC official has been paying a visit to Romania ahead of a delegation of community government representatives. On June 25 he met ForMin Lazar Comanescu, Finance Minister Varujan Vosganian, chief of the PM’s cabinet Mihnea Constantinescu, state secretary for foreign trade Stefan Imre and other officials.
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