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dezembro 09, 2004
EU position on Romania's entry
Fonte: The Times
EU position on Romania's entry
From Mr Chris Davies, MEP for North West Region (Liberal Democrat)
Sir, EU leaders at the European Council on December 17 are expected to signal that Romania can become a full member of the EU in little more than two years’ time. Britain will be amongst those arguing most passionately for this decision. It may prove a terrible error.
The European Commission’s strategy paper of October 6 made clear that corruption in Romania remains serious and widespread. Media independence is not guaranteed. The judicial system is not independent. Emergency ordinances are used to circumvent the parliamentary process.
To this catalogue of woes must now be added concern about widespread electoral fraud in the parliamentary elections of November 28.
Events in Ukraine and the prospect of EU accession negotiations with Turkey have distracted media attention from consideration of these matters. This is a tragedy. If Romania is to modernise and comply with the best of EU values, pressure for change must be intensified.
The European Union has been successful to date in helping to make bad apples wholesome. Former dictatorships and communist regimes have been transformed into modern democracies. But, with enforcement mechanisms weak, there is nothing certain about this process.
Romania may prove to be one bad apple too many
Publicado por esta às dezembro 9, 2004 11:19 AM