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 "title": "The Commission Pays Romania EUR 2.5 Billion in SAFE Pre-Financing, the Third Member State Paid",
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 "published": "2026-08-26T20:33:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-09-02T20:33:39.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrussels, 26 August 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * The European Commission paid Romania EUR 2.5 billion on Wednesday under SAFE — 15 per cent of the EUR 16.7 billion loan Bucharest signed in May, released as pre-financing\n * Commissioner Andrius Kubilius: \"Today's EUR 2.5 billion payment to Romania under SAFE is a major milestone for European defence and a more sovereign Europe\"; further payments follow \"as agreed milestones and implementation are met\"\n * Romania's published SAFE list runs t",
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