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Romania receives more remittances from its emigrants than transfers from European institutions. And it is not the only country in the Union that receives more from its emigrants than from Brussels. Nevertheless, Brussels only develops efforts regarding the remittances that end up outside the Union, having no policy in place for those received by its own member countries. According to the Stockholm Program, before 2012, the European Commission must present proposals on its remittance policy in several areas. This paper analyzes several options.