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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10286
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/romania

Romania cannot withdraw from monitoring system

Brussels, 04/01/2011 (Agence Europe) - Romania cannot unilaterally decide to withdraw from the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM), which has been in place since its accession in 2007, to monitor its, and indeed Bulgaria's, progress in reform of the judicial system and tackling organised crime and corruption, the Commission spokesman said on Tuesday 4 January. He was reacting to comments made the previous day by Romania's Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi, who said that Bucharest...