How state aid policy finances the green transition: evidence from Romania

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🔬研究者:GX researchers can learn how state aid policy metrics are used to track green financing progress and evaluate effectiveness.

🏛政策担当者:Policymakers can evaluate the design of state aid frameworks to better align with green transition goals, drawing lessons from Romania's experience.

The green transition is a long-term goal of the European Union (EU), aiming for environmentally sustainable economic development by boosting clean energy and green innovation across the internal market. Following the adoption of the Green Deal, Member States have been encouraged to implement green economic policies and support investments in sustainable technologies. Against this background, our paper investigates how State Aid policy has contributed to financing the green economy in the postpandemic period. We focus on Romania as a case study, exploring both challenges and opportunities arising from the recently adopted Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework, which allows special derogations to support the green transition in all Member States. Methodologically, we conduct a comparative analysis using data from the EU State Aid Scoreboard to assess Romania's progress relative to EU targets and other Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. Our findings indicate that, although Romania recorded significant improvements in green financing during 2022-2023, there remains a need for a more targeted approach to fully align with EU green objectives and enhance its contribution to the green transition.

• semanticscholar https://doi.org/10.36004/nier.cecg.i.2025.19.26first seen 2026-05-15 21:35:39