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| The Week in Review: Sept. 24-30 |
| (2012-09-23) |
| Last updated: 2012-11-09 13:12 EET |
Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta paid a visit to Brussels.
Romanian Prime Minister, Victor Ponta, met in Brussels on Monday with the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barosso, just days after the European official had held talks with Romania’s President, Traian Băsescu, on the recent political crisis in Bucharest. The meeting took place against the background of the Romanian Prime Minister’s making a series of commitments as regards the observance of the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary. Ponta explained to the European official that the political events that occurred in Romania in summer were constitutional and consequently none could speak of an attempted coup. Bucharest should however eliminate any doubt as regards its commitment to the rule of law, the independence of the judiciary and the observance of the Constitutional Court’s rulings, the President of the European Commission said. Barosso underlined that it is really important that the future nominations at the helm of the Prosecution General’s Office and the National Anti-Corruption Directorate should be made “correctly and transparently” by the authorities in Bucharest.
The selection for the positions of Prosecutor General and head of the National Anti-Corruption Directorate stir fresh controversies.
The selection of prosecutors for the positions of Prosecutor General of the Prosecutor’s Office with the High Court of Cassation and Justice and for the position of chief prosecutor at the National Anticorruption Directorate has started in Bucharest. The term in office of the current Prosecutor General, Laura Codruţa Kovesi, expires in two weeks’ time and that of the head of the National Anticorruption Directorate, Daniel Morar, came to an end in February. Since then, he has been twice designated to hold the position until another leadership is nominated. The Higher Council of the Magistracy, meeting in a plenary session and according to its legal responsibilities, has voiced criticism over the procedure of selecting the prosecutors. The Higher Council of the Magistracy wants the proposals for the leadership of the Prosecutor General’s Office and the National Anticorruption Directorate to be made by the Council and not by the justice minister, as has been the case so far. The members of the Higher Council of the Magistracy claim the selection procedure by the minister would not be transparent and the rejection of candidacies could not be contested in courts, which is a limitation to the right to justice. They are also discontent about the short period, of only three days, to submit candidacies, which is shorter than the regular terms for other leadership positions. Justice minister, Mona Pivniceru, has said Romania’s Prosecutor General and the head of the National Anticorruption Directorate will be nominated according to the law in force and has announced she has already called to meet the European Commissioner for Justice, Viviane Reding, to present her projects.
The European Commission applies financial corrections to Romania.
The European Commission will apply definitive financial adjustments for five operational programs for the period between 2007 and 2011. The decision comes after irregularities were noted in the process of absorbing European funds, especially in public procurement. The Romanian Minister of European affairs says the sectors that have been targeted are regional management, environment, transportation and competitiveness. The Romanian official has also said that new projects are needed to redirect these funds, and explained what arguments will be used in the negotiations with the European institution, the most important of them being the verification of projects. PM Victor Ponta has announced he will set up at government level a working group in charge of establishing the priorities for the budget earmarked by the EU for Romania between 2014 and 2020, and the position to take during negotiations.
A new school year starts in Romania.
Over three million Romanian students started a new school year on Monday. The novelty this year is the introduction of the so-called ‘grade zero’, which has sparked serious controversy. Almost 130,000 children are registered for this class, which was transferred from the kindergarten cycle to the primary education cycle. The critics of this change claim that the idea of introducing grade zero in primary education was not thought through and was not studied enough, which risks to overtax an already fragile system, rocked by too many changes already.
The first edition of the International Radio Orchestras Festival RadiRo, produced by Radio Romania starts in Bucharest.
Classical music lovers are expected at the first edition of the Radio Orchestras International Festival due over September the 23rd and the 29th, produced by Radio Romania. Famous orchestras, such as the ‘Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, BBC Symphonic Orchestra along with the Romanian National Radio Orchestra will perform for the public in Bucharest. After this first audition, organizers intend to hold the festival every other year, when another prestigious cultural event, the George Enescu International Music Festival is not held.
Romanian football teams have claimed good results in international competitions.
Romanian football side Steaua Bucharest on Thursday started off in the Europe League’s group on their right foot, by holding to a two-all draw German side VfB Stuttgart in an away game. In their next game on October the 4th, Steaua will take on FC Copenhagen, the team, which secured a two-one win against Norwegian side Molde FK on home turf on Thursday. In order to make it to the European Spring, Steaua Bucharest will have to end up on one of the first two positions of Group E.
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