PSD's Dragnea hopes that meeting with coalition be held in reasonable time to unblock ordinance on FSDI

Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Liviu Dragnea voiced hope, after attending a meeting with officials in Warsaw regarding the Polish experience in respect to the Development Fund, that a meeting of the ruling coalition will be held within a reasonable amount of time, in view of unblocking the ordinance regarding the Sovereign Development and Investment Fund (FSDI). 

"I hope - myself and Mrs Prime Minister, and our colleagues - that a meeting of the coalition will be held within a reasonable amount of time, at the Government, in view of unblocking the ordinance which regulates the possibility of setting up some companies, firms that run as a Development and Investment Fund. (...) I realised that a better understanding is needed and a meeting with the two Polish officials was requested - and I believe that it was a good idea, any exchange of experience is good - I think that we should carry out one or more meetings until a final draft is completed or until the fears behind the lack of support for this ordinance disappear or amendments are brought so that those fears no longer exist," he stated at the Parliament Palace. 

Dragnea added that the fears of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) on this topic are not incorrect or something to criticise, but he also mentioned that it's a "major decision" form the PSD's point of view. 

"The Sovereign Development and Investment Fund, which many had a take on it, of the opposition and not only, is one of the main instruments so that Romania can be able to achieve its long-term strategic development objectives and we are keen that this objective be accomplished and we are opened, determined to carry out as many discussions as needed, so that everyone understands that this is a correct path and, if somethings is to be amended, nobody will oppose to change. The point is to amend in the sense of improving, if needed," Dragnea mentioned. 

On the other hand, the PSD Chairman said, following the meeting in an extended format, that was also attended by Poland's Investment and Development Minister Jerzy Kwiecinski, President of the Polish Development Fund Pawel Borys, Senate President Calin Popescu-Tariceanu and representatives of Romania's relevant ministries, that different models in terms of the FSDI are proposed in the two countries. 

When asked what was the role of the discussion, Dragnea replied: "I don't know, I haven't organised it. I gladly attended it." 

"From my point of view, yes [it was a constructive meeting]. I mean, I think that we all understood the same thing," he added.