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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10820

5 April 2013
INSTITUTIONAL / (ae) romania
Fresh doubts over appointment of key prosecutors

Brussels, 04/04/2013 (Agence Europe) - According to a report by AFP, the Romanian prime minister, Victor Ponta, who is also the interim minister for justice, proposed on Wednesday 3 April a number of candidates for the key posts of general and anticorruption prosecutors. Several experts have already criticised these appointments and have denounced a procedure that has breached the transparency requirements set out by the European Union.

The Commission has been monitoring the country closely...