Romania's interim finance minister Alexandru Nazare announced plans to launch all schemes in the country's economic recovery package into public consultation by June and open investment calls later in 2025, targeting project operationalization by end-2026 or early 2027. The Ministry of Economy simultaneously unveiled the SME ECO-TECH programme with a RON 289 million budget to support manufacturing SMEs, with applications opening at month-end and an estimated impact of several hundred financed companies and 800+ job creations.