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| The Week in Review |
| (2012-04-21) |
| Last updated: 2012-04-23 16:12 EET |
On the run-down today:
The Social Liberal Union in Romania filed a no-confidence motion against the Government.
The head of the Romanian Fiscal Authority, Sorin Blejnar was sacked.
One step back with the new draft law on nationalised properties.
Romania recognizes Serbia’s status as a EU accession candidate.
NATO and NATO-Russia Council meetings took place this week in Brussels.
Romanian Foreign Minister met with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
And the Supreme Court acquitted Steaua Bucharest financier George Becali in the “Cash Bag” Case.
The Social Liberal Union in Romania filed a no-confidence motion.
The Romanian opposition has filed the first no-confidence motion against the government headed by Mihai Razvan Ungureanu, the only action by the opposition in the legislative session that started on February 1st, when opposition MPs started a parliament strike. They accuse the government of bad management of Romania’s natural resources and public money, as well as of breaking the principle of university autonomy. The PM discussed the motion with representatives of the three members of the ruling coalition – the Liberal Democratic Party, the National Union for the Progress of Romania and the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania. Also this week, the opposition, which started a parliament boycott, has announced it holds majority in the Senate, as another liberal – democratic senator has joined the National Liberal Party.
The head of the Romanian Fiscal Authority, Sorin Blejnar was sacked.
The Romanian Prime Minister, Mihai Razvan Ungureanu, has dismissed the head of the National Fiscal Authority, Sorin Blejnar, who was replaced by Serban Pop, former vice-president of the authority. Dismissed because of bad management, Blejnar was however appointed head of the Directorate for the Control of Large Estates, a newly established division of the Fiscal Authority. Blejnar had two months to bring in the budget revenues amounting to 1.5% of the GDP, which is some two billion Euros, generated by tax evasion measures.
One step back with the new draft law on nationalised properties.
The Romanian Government has postponed for next week a decision regarding the draft law on setting and paying damages for the buildings abusively seized by the communist regime. The draft stipulates that the former owners be provided money compensation of up to 15% of the value of the building, in equal installments to be disbursed along 10-12 years. The European Human Rights Court has set July as the deadline for Romania to change its legislation in the field. If it fails to do so, Romania will lose 2 thousand 500 trials with the European Court and will have to pay 16 billion Euros worth of damages, accounting for 12% of the GDP. Romania is the only former communist country that has not regulated the issue of property restitution for 22 years, though it has drafted dozens of laws on this matter, all of them failing to solve the problem.
Romania recognizes Serbia’s status as an EU accession candidate.
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Thursday promulgated the Law on the ratification of Serbia’s Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU. The law, under which Romania recognizes Belgrade’s status as an official EU candidate, had been approved by the Romanian Senate on April 2nd. In late February, in Brussels, Romania had refused until the last minute to approve Serbia’s candidacy.
NATO meeting in Brussels ahead of the NATO Summit in Chicago.
The NATO Council and NATO-Russia Council meetings took place on Wednesday and Thursday in Brussels. On that occasion NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, said NATO’s anti-ballistic defense shield did not pose any threat to Russia and did not change the strategic balance in any way. Moreover, cooperation between Brussels and Moscow in this field might benefit the security of all. Attending the meeting, Romanian Foreign Minister Cristian Diaconescu said the anti-ballistic shield must be depoliticised in NATO-Russia bilateral talks. Minister Diaconescu went on to say that Romania and the US are working towards including the anti-ballistic shield in the final documents of the upcoming NATO Summit of May 20th to 21st. As regards Afghanistan, Rasmussen said that several NATO states said they would shell out substantial amounts of money to Afghan security forces once NATO troops have withdrawn from the region. Referring to this topic, Minister Diaconescu said that the analysis of Romania’s involvement in the training of Afghan security forces after 2014 must take into account Romania’s substantial contribution to peacemaking operations on the ground.
Romanian Foreign Minister met with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Romanian Foreign Minister, Cristian Diaconescu, met with US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton. Talks focused on lifting travel visas for Romanians and the US anti-missile shield. Secretary of State Clinton agreed on setting up a think-tank at consular level aimed at dealing with technicalities and procedures linked with lifting travel visas for the United States. Talks will resume during a bilateral meeting in Bucharest early next month. Also this week, Germany expressed its firm support for Romania’s Schengen accession this year. On a working visit to Berlin, Minister Diaconescu met with his German counterpart Guido Westerwelle, with whom he reviewed the excellent level of bilateral relations at political and economic level. This could not have been possible, Minister Diaconescu argues, without the key contribution of the German minority in Romania and of the Romanian community in Germany respectively.
The Supreme Court acquitted Steaua Bucharest financier George Becali in the “Cash Bag” Case.
The magistrates of the Supreme Court of Cassation and Justice have acquitted Steaua Bucharest financier George Becali. Becali was accused of offering money to Universitatea Cluj players as an incentive to win the watch pitting the team against CFR Cluj. The ruling is not final and is thus open to appeal. Magistrates have also lifted the distraint on the 1.7 million euros enforced 4 years ago. According to the Anti-Corruption National Directorate, the money was allegedly due to Universitatea Cluj players as a reward for winning the match against CFR in the last round of the Romanian First League season. In the event CFR lost the match, Steaua Bucharest would have been Romania’s champions.
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