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Ever since their European Union accession, Romania and Bulgaria share, to a greater extent, the values of good neighborliness. This is clear, at least in the economic domain. It is true that in many cases the initiative belonged to Bulgaria. The best example is the second Danube bridge that is significantly called New Europe. It was completed in 2013 and it links the two banks of the Danube through Calafat (Romania) and Vidin (Bulgaria). It is the most grandiose Romanian-Bulgarian investment. The other days, European Commissioner for Regional Development Corina Cretu (photo) gave us even better news for the near future. As part of the Interreg cross-border program, the EC has approved a volume of investments of EUR 260 M, the EUs contribution totaling EUR 216 M. The program will improve living, study and labor conditions in the 15 border regions in Romania and Bulgaria, thus enhancing their attractiveness both for tourists and investors. Especially since the development level of these areas is one of the lowest in the entire European Union. These regions represent an area of Europe where good collaboration and the attempt to solve joint problems are essential. The area also offers considerable opportunities because of its proximity to the Danube and the Black Sea. Corina Cretu announced that this year marks 25 years of the EUs Interreg cross-border and cross-regional cooperation. The news that Commissioner Corina Cretu offered strengthens our conviction that good neighborliness with Bulgaria is increasingly becoming, from one year to the next, the most fruitful that Romania has. Our country does not have to its east, west or north the chance of such a promising neighborliness like its southern one with Bulgaria. In this context, we welcome the Romanian Prime Ministers promise to have a joint meeting of the Romanian and Bulgarian governments in the near future.

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Issue of the Day: Good economic neighborliness