CVM

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…

A European Commission delegation has arrived on Tuesday in Bucharest for an assessment mission of the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM). The European officials were welcomed by Justice Minister Ana Birchall. The minister has…

The European Commissioner for Justice Vera Jourova said on Wednesday, in Bucharest, that currently Romania is not facing the possibility of triggering Article 7, underscoring that the procedure starts when the rule of law is systematically…

A 5-judge panel with the High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ – Supreme Court) has decided on Monday to notify the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in regard to the Constitutional Court’s interpretation and implementation…

PSD is to blame for Romania not being in the Schengen area, President Klaus Iohannis said on Saturday, while in Iasi to launch his book ‘EU.RO. An open dialogue about Europe.’ The head of state said Romania has been very close to joining…

The Bihor County Court has notified the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for clarifications regarding the requirements of the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) and on the effects of the Constitutional Court…

The European Commission Decision 2006/928/EC dated December 13, 2006 establishing the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM), although it is mandatory for the state to which it is addressed, cannot have constitutional relevance, the…

Dozens of Romanian magistrates have staged a protest in front of the Palace of Justice in Brussels, in order to convey a public message to defend the judiciary in Romania. Among the participants are Gabriela Scutea, former Deputy…

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila has promised to the European Commission First Vice-president Frans Timmermans not to adopt, during the Government sitting on Friday, any ordinance regarding the Criminal Codes. Political sources have told…