European Commissioner for Budget Piotr Serafin signed the financing agreement for Romania under the SAFE program, through which Romania will receive EUR 16.7 billion in low-interest loans for financing defence procurement, the Ministry of Finance announced, cited by Digi24 . However, domestic legislation aimed at signing the procurement contracts was referred to the Constitutional Court by both the Ombudsman and the Social Democrat leader of the Chamber of Deputies, Sorin Grindeanu. As soon as the agreement enters into force, Romania will receive a 15% pre-financing, equivalent to approximately EUR 2.5 billion.