CVM

The European Commission announced on Friday that it is officially closing the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) for Bulgaria and Romania. The European Commission officially closed the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism for…

President Klaus Iohannis announced on Tuesday, at the annual meeting with the heads of diplomatic missions accredited in Romania, that 2023 should be the year of accession to Schengen. "Romania is prepared from all points of view," says the…

The European Commission calls for the lifting of the MCV for Romania, in a report discussed on Tuesday in the College of Commissioners. According to the Report, Romania has made progress in terms of judicial reforms and the three laws…

Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă told an interview for Bloomberg that Romania is expected to join Schengen this year and that Brussels will lift the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) for our country. It is an "illusion"…

Prime Minister Ludovic Orban has met the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, on Thursday and they have tackled such topics as the EU budget, the CVM, Schengen or the Green Deal. "Romania is a serious partner, a…

President Klaus Iohannis has launched his programme for the presidential election on Sunday, by slamming PSD for the years it has governed the country. "After almost 3 years marked by the crisis of the rule of law Romania has been thrown…

Justice Minister Ana Birchall and the Head of the Superior Council of Magistracy, Lia Savonea have embarked on a row over justice control. After CSM Head Lia Savonea had notified the Constitutional Court over a constitutional conflict…

JusMin Ana Birchal has announced on Tuesday that the inter-ministerial working group coordinated by the Justice Ministry has reached the preliminary conclusion that the existence of the Special Section for Investigating Magistrates is not…

Romanian PM Viorica Dancila has paid a working visit to Strasbourg on Tuesday and has presented Romania’s balance sheet at the helm of the EU Council in a European Parliament sitting scheduled in the afternoon. In an almost empty plenary…

Sitting in a plush meeting room in the main government building in Bucharest, Viorica Dăncilă, the Romanian prime minister, is blunt about the beating her party took (in EP election – our note). “I consider these elections not as a victory…