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| ROMANIAN REACTIONS TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION REPORT 24/07/2008 |
| (2008-07-24) |
| Last updated: 2008-07-25 15:06 EET |
The European Commission's report on the Romanian justice system, released in Brussels on Wednesday, acknowledges some progress, but finds it insufficient. For Bulgaria, an EU Member State alongside Romania since January 2007, the report was a lot more critical.
“The positive developments highlighted in the EC report indicate that Romania is on the right track, while criticism helps Romanian authorities identify solutions to the pending problems in the justice system.” The statement was made by PM Calin Popescu Tariceanu, who vowed that the government was determined to carry on zero-tolerance policies towards those who use their public positions to get rich. The document finds that institutional and procedural changes operated in recent years in the Romanian justice system are beginning to show results. But they are not enough to make Brussels suspend the co-operation and verification mechanism.
The key criticism concerns the inadequate efforts in fighting high-level corruption, although the progress made by the National Anti-corruption Directorate is acknowledged. Brussels wants more concrete results, and calls on Romania to prove the commitment of all political forces to tackling this issue. The same holds true for the National Agency for Integrity. Romanian Justice Minister, Catalin Predoiu, believes better co-operation between public institutions is needed in order to solve the problems in the justice system.
“The report explicitly confirms that Romania is again on the right track, that of implementing judicial reforms. We are aware that a number of problems related to the functioning of the judicial system and to fighting corruption are yet to be resolved. But we are ready to carry on the co-operation with other relevant institutions.”
The prosecutor general of Romania, Codruta Kovesi, agrees with the EC conclusions on the DNA investigations and Parliament's resistance to the closing of high-level corruption files:
“Whether we like it or not, the report is an objective snapshot of the Romanian judicial system, and I can only be glad to find that it makes it clear that the managerial measures taken with a view to enhancing the efficiency of prosecutors' work have yielded results.”
Leaders of the political parties in power view the document as an incentive for future reforms, whereas the Opposition uses it as an opportunity to point an accusing finger at the government. Generally seen as objective, balanced and realistic, the report is very specific about what is still to be done. Political analyst Radu Tudor:
“Romania must be encouraged to go on with this effort, and in a few years' time we will certainly prove that we are a truly European country, committed to European values. But patience is needed, in a country trying to recover after the severe communist dictatorship that unfortunately distorted its system of values and all its democratic concepts.”
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