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MEP Traian Basescu says that France and Germany are actually isolating the Eastern European Union countries by rejecting any Eastern European nomination for the EU leadership. On Friday, Traian Basescu was voted as Vice-President of the…

Ursula von der Leyen, the incumbent German Defence minister, has been officially proposed as candidate for the helm of the European Commission, while Charles Michel for the seat of European Council head, Donald Tusk has announced on Tuesday…

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…

First Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans stated on Wednesday, before the debate of the candidates of the European Commission Presidency, that the letter sent on May 10 to the President of Romania, the Speakers of the…

Social Democrat MEP Catalin Radulescu has stated on Monday that President Klaus Iohannis had asked the EC representatives attending the EU informal summit in Sibiu to put pressures on the Romanian Government in case the criminal codes…

Frans Timmermans, the first vice-president of the European Commission, has sent a letter to the Romanian officials on May 10, criticizing again the amendments on the criminal codes and threatening the Commission might trigger Article 7, the…

PLUS chairman Dacian Ciolos has reacted  on Facebook to Frans Timmermans’ warning over triggering Article 7 against Romania, saying that replacing CVM „by a more drastic procedure” in Romania’s case would be the European Commission’s…

The European Commission has organised on Tuesday a debate on the situation in Romania and said it will act swiftly concerning the issues of rule of law in Romania, an EC spokesperson said. The statements follow warnings from several EC…

In an interview for Euronews, European Commission’s First Vice-President Frans Timmermans, also leader of PES and candidate for the top EC position in the coming term, has had a tough position on the developments in Romania and on PSD,…

Gunther Krichbaum, chairman of the European Affairs Committee with the German Bundestag, has sent a letter to European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker requesting again the triggering of article 7 against Romania. The triggering…