Markus Hellenthal, vice-president of EADS, and Vasile Blaga started an ambitious program called “Megapower” in 2005.
Markus Hellenthal, vice-president of EADS, and Vasile Blaga started an ambitious program called “Megapower” in 2005.
One Billion euros – Lost and Forgotten files
In order to secure the Romanian frontiers, which became European frontiers on the 1st of January 2007, the most substantial endowment contract that involved the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administrative Reform was signed.
The budget sums that were given for this project reached one billion euros. Endowments with surveillance equipment and sophisticated means of movement and observation are included in the project. The contract was signed during the Nastase Government and was checked for several times after the change of Power. A series of responsible representatives of the MIAAR lost their jobs and were investigated by the Anti-corruption Directorate, but no legal actions have been taken.
Besides the political game and the media exploitation of the suspicions, the “Frontier” program is hardly progressing. The fact that Vasile Blaga left the Ministry brought another pause for the project and it all resulted in other delays. Certain specific measures have been taken to show the progresses of the project to the public opinion. However, short information on TV or in the newspapers will not stand for the thorough evaluation of the stage of the program, which has to be done by Romania as negotiated in the period before the adherence to the EU.
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However, the “Frontier” program is carefully watched by the EU officials as well as by the leading board of the EADS group, the German branch of which is responsible for the contract in Romania. The information services are also obse
