Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca held talks in Bucharest with the EU Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, Nicolas Schmit. The two officials have discussed the EU response to the crisis caused by the Russian military aggression in Ukraine. The head of the Romanian executive has presented Romania’s strategy for ensuring the country’s energy independence by using nuclear energy, building green energy plants and by exploiting the new offshore gas deposits. Commissioner Schmit has underlined the effective efforts of the Romanian authorities to receive over half a million Ukrainian refugees and has voiced the European Commission’s support for the member states enabling them to quickly access the funds that are already at the disposal of the member states and are to be supplemented.
