European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said earlier Wednesday the Commission will continue to monitor the situation in Romania and a new CVM report will be adopted this year to look at whether authorities addressed its concerns.
The EC will closely monitor the situation in Romania to make sure that the commitments made by Prime Minister Victor Ponta concerning the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary are honored, he added.
Barroso highlighted that the political developments in Romania over the past three weeks have been a source of concern for the Commission and the European Union.
The European Commission adopted Wednesday its annual report on Romania’s progress in the justice sector, under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) implemented in 2007. The report includes several recommendations on observing the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary.