Statements. The Timis prefect, Ovidiu Draganescu, said, yesterday, that the assumed investment of Mercedes in Timis is "pure fiction" launched by the candidates for the local elections.
"I want to get the attention of all the candidates from Timis who made all kind of "fairy tale" statements and of those who are saying that Timis is dropping, and that all kinds of companies, including Mercedes, are coming to invest here. I ask all these gentlemen this: what will they do when it will be proved that it was a diversion and the company isn't coming in Timis, wouldn't that affect our county's image, which has a good development?", said Ovidiu Draganescu, quoted by Mediafax. The idea of an investment by Mercedes was launched by the vice president of CJ Timis, Marius Popovici (PNTCD), who said, quoted by Reuters, that Mercedes is negotiating with the government the building of a car factory in Timis, close to the border with Serbia and Hungary, and that soon the decision about the location of the factory will be certain.