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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10672

23 August 2012
INSTITUTIONAL / (ae) romania
Decision of Constitutional Court must be respected

Brussels, 22/08/2012 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission is urging the Romanian authorities to abide by the decision taken by Romania's Constitutional Court which, on Tuesday 21 August, invalidated the referendum on the removal from office of centre-Right President Traian Basescu organised end July by centre-Left Prime Minister Victor Ponta, due to the insufficient number of participants (see EUROPE 10666). “The legal procedure to reinstate President Basescu should be respected. The...