“We have a big difference, we have the best IT professionals in Europe, American companies have the most employees in Europe, in Romania, and we have a system of digitization of the public system somewhere in the past,” Prime Minister Marcel Čolaku said on Tuesday . at the AmCham CEO Business Forum event. He urged American corporations to get involved in strategic digitization projects, such as the government cloud.

In this context, Cholaku promised to complete the digitization of ANAF, no matter how many problems and pressures there are.

• “It’s inhumane for the government to be required to make real-time decisions and never, ever have software that analyzes the data from a fiscal risk perspective.
• Just as we doubled the amounts in the House of Health, from almost 5-6 billion euros, we reached almost 12 billion euros of spending through the House of Health, about 1,000,000,000 euros every month.
• And we all see the news on TV when you go to the hospital that there is no money for medicine.
• This is due to the fact that the National Center for Health Care has not yet been digitized in Romania. However, the Minister of Health cannot make an informed decision about where public money goes and why. We still don’t have very clear goals in the national programs: why are we spending this money and why are we investing?” said Cholaku.

Thus, the prime minister called on American companies to invest in strategic projects such as the government cloud, hospitals and energy.

• “The government cloud, which is a pillar of digitalization of public administration, is one of the most relevant examples. But he is not the only one.
• We are building dozens of new hospitals, we need the most modern medical equipment and training for medical personnel.
• We have a chance to become a regional energy hub with the best production complex in the region. Gas from the Black Sea, nuclear and wind energy, green hydrogen can make Romania a new energy Eldorado on the continent, the prime minister said.

Čolaku suggested that the American investors jointly develop these strategic investments and the most appropriate financing mechanisms, stressing that Romania has the necessary money.

• “We have already established the standard of public investment in the amount of at least 7% of GDP, which should also be the average for the next 4-5 years. This means that in the period 2024-2028, we can invest in the economy about 700 billion lei from European funds and from the state budget,” he said.

In addition, the prime minister again promised not to raise taxes and to ensure predictability and stability of the business environment.

• Read: Cholaku’s VIDEO calls on American corporations to invest “in the new Eldorado of the continent” / 5-year economic plan presented by the Prime Minister: “We are not raising taxes”

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