Romanian PM unveils SOE restructuring plan, including potential stock market listings

Prime minister Ilie Bolojan has announced the first steps of a broad restructuring plan targeting Romania’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs), including improved financial discipline, possible mergers or closures, and the potential listing of selected companies on the Bucharest Stock Exchange. The calendar of the restructuring overlaps with a complicated political situation, which casts a shadow over the outcome of the process – seen by some as the origin, among others, of the political pressures exerted by the Social Democrats against PM Bolojan.

The initiative is based on an assessment note prepared by deputy prime minister Oana Gheorghiu, covering an initial group of 22 state-owned companies. The report highlights deep structural inefficiencies across the sector and calls for urgent action.