Press Release: More than EUR49 million to help Romania repair rail and roads damaged by floods

The European Commissioner for Regional Policy, Danuta Hübner, on 8 November 2005 announced that Romania would receive fast-track support of more than €49 million to help repair rail and roads damaged by floods. The European Commission decided to offer this aid to Romania through the ISPA programme (Pre-Accession Instrument for Structural Policies), which helps candidate countries prepare to become members to the European Union. The money was to be used for the reconstruction of railways and roads in Romania damaged and destroyed during the floods in July and August 2005.

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