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| The European Commission on the Romanian Justice System |
| (2011-02-21) |
| Last updated: 2011-02-22 16:57 EET |
Following its EU accession in 2007, Romania is not yet a full-right member of the EU elite club comprising 27 states. Romania’s Schengen accession has been almost certainly delayed and the country’s judiciary stays under the close scrutiny of the European Commission.
The European Commission on Friday issued its interim justice report as part of the so-called Cooperation and Verification Mechanism. Experts say the report mentioned several positive elements, such as the adoption of the law on the National Integrity Agency, the amendment of the Law on the Constitutional Court and the closing down of non-viable courts, and the activity of the National Anti-Corruption Directorate.
All heads of judicial institutions expressed their satisfaction with the fact that, for the first time ever, the report approves of the harsh rulings passed by Romanian judges in corruption cases. On the other hand, the report criticises some of Parliament’s decisions which in effect thwarted prosecutors’ investigations in top-level corruption cases, as well as Romania’s failure to conduct an independent survey of the judiciary and its effectiveness and the reduction of the National Integrity Agency budget. Justice Minister Catalin Predoiu expressed his confidence that addressing these problems and consolidating ongoing reforms depends on the Romanian political class:
“Overall, the report shows that the Romanian political class will have to choose between European progress and its post-communist past, between justice and injustice, integrity and corruption.”
The Higher Council of Magistrates is one of the institutions that have unsolved problems to tackle. Recent elections within this institution, which basically coordinates the activity of all legal courts, have been challenged before the Constitutional Court. The head of the Higher Council of Magistrates, Horatius Dumbrava believes that, to a considerable degree, the problem has been solved:
“The candidates believed not to meet the constitutional criteria were invalidated by a Constitutional Court ruling, while the candidates elected correctly and in keeping with the law were confirmed”.
Cited by international news agencies, EU experts involved in the fight against corruption further deplore that, in Romania, corruption has been and still is a matter that transcends party borders.
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