Finance Minister Tánczos Barna said on Thursday evening in Craiova that Romania will come close to 100% absorption of funds from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), even if the deadlines for this programme are not extended by the European Union. "When I say we'll reach close to 100%, I mean it seriously, because: 1. the 2014-2021 programming period ended with an absorption rate of - I'm quoting from memory, so I hope I'm not mistaken - 98.8-98.9%. So it's not true that Romania is