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| The Romanian Prime Minister Addresses the Council of Europe |
| (2013-04-25) |
| Last updated: 2013-04-26 13:49 EET |
Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta paid an official visit to Strasbourg, where he addressed the Plenary of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly. The speech marked 20 years since Romania joined this international forum.
In his address before the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly on Wednesday, Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta reiterated Romania’s firm commitment to defending the fundamental principles underlying democracy and the rule of law, and expressed the Government’s willingness to cooperate with all bodies of the Council of Europe towards that end.
The speech marked 20 years since Romania joined the Council of Europe. In addition, Ponta said he wanted clear-cut strategies of cooperation with Venice Commission with respect to Constitutional reform. Ponta also told the Council plenary that Romania was now a stable and predictable country, after last year Europe condemned the lack of stability in this country.
Victor Ponta: “In December last year the Romanian people expressed their vote in democratic elections. Romanian politicians subsequently came up with the best solutions for the future of this country, not its past. There is now a good cooperation between the head of Government and the President. All the rulings of the Constitutional Court are now observed and implemented. We’ve all learned our lessons and we are fully determined to cooperate in the interest of our country”.
The Prime Minister also tackled such topics as the independence of the judiciary, the recent referrals to the European Court of Human Rights regarding the restitution of properties seized under the communist regime, as well as the Roma inclusion. The Romania judiciary is independent and gives rulings in corporate and civil law, Victor Ponta has argued. The Romanian official thanked the Council for its support in helping Romania adopt the Law on the restitution of properties confiscated by the former communist regime.
Although Romania has a total of 3,500 pending such cases, PM Victor Ponta is confident the new law would ensure a fair restitution and clear-cut judicial solutions to this problem that has marked Romanian society in the past twenty years. Following a 2012 ruling of the European Court of Human Rights, Romania is obliged to pay plaintiffs 1.2 million euros. In recent years however Romania has improved its reputation at the European Court of Human Rights, now ranking 6th in terms of the total number of complaints filed with the Strasbourg tribunal.
In his speech Victor Ponta also approached the subject of protection standards for minority groups. These standards are functional in Romania, although the Prime Minister believes “there is always room for improvement”. Besides, PM Ponta believes Roma inclusion to be the greatest challenge facing the Romanian Government.
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