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Francois Rantura, World Bank about the political turmoil in Romania: Sincerely I tell you, I see no impact
"The President of Romania was a big supporter of commitments in the IMF agreement and the new government is similarly a supporter and I think it is our role to be a factor of stability and not to interfere in the domestic political turmoil. Sincerely, I don't see any impact" Francois Rantura, the head of the World Bank branch in Romania, asked about the impact of the political situation in Romania and the measures to suspend president Basescu on Romania's commitments against the international financial institutions. He said that in his country, France, there were numberless troubled situations and tensions connected to the presidential elections, but the politicians are professional and responsible as this is what they do. " I trust that the Romanian policians are professional enough and responsible enough" the official of the World Bank said.
"Until now, things go in the right direction. We don't renegotiate terms and we don't anticipate such a thing, We saw even an acceleration in the dialogue with some ministries such as the ministry of agriculture, of education and finances. We accelerated the dialogue with such ministries to support them in the process of reform. This is encouraging. I am an optimistic person" Francois Rantura, the head of World Bank branch to Romania said.
The statement was made in an event where the signing of a consultancy contract was announced, contract which is offered by the World Bank to the Council of Competition in the domain of operational analysis specific to competition, project worth 19.84 million lei ( approximately 4.44 million euro) out of which 85% is the non-refundable financing of the European Social Fund, and the rest is ensured by national funds.