The government and the opposition have come up wit ha new reason for a dispute: the absorption of EU funds. The levels of incompetence are now being debated, the question that each side is throwing at the other is: "Who absorbed less funds". The matter is extremely serious, in the current economic and financial climate: these funds which we are unable to attract, could very well represent a true lifebuoy for certain economic areas. Embroiled in their political war, the government members have forgotten to deal with palpable issues over the last few years.

An attack from the PDL on the subject, elicited a quick response from the government. There is no real concern to deal with the problem, just in passing the blame to the other faction. First PDL vice-president Cristian Preda has openly criticized the current government on this subject, claiming that since the new government was appointed attracting funds has been completely ignored: "Drastic sanctions are expected when it comes to the absorption of European funds. The members of the BPN of the PDL have reviewed various sectoral programs and in the coming days, we will present, what happened with the European funds in each case. Sadly, what we can all see, is that since the Ponta government has come into office, no more European funds are coming into Romania. Because we don't want the Romanian society to pay the price because of this ideological drift of the USL. Like I said, everyone can see that since Victor Ponta was appointed, the European funds seem to have disappeared completely from Romania. It is a matter of government responsibility which needs to be assumed".

The government has responded to these attacks, in a press release, claiming that the problem of EU funds was caused by the PDL governments: "All the current problems, when it comes to the European funds, have been caused precisely by the P