On Wednesday 1 February, the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Junker and his First Vice President, Frans Timmermans, expressed their concern regarding the situation in Romania, following the adoption of an emergency decree by the government of Sorin Grindeanu, to reduce the penalties for corruption.
Although the Commission presented a rather optimistic report on Wednesday 25 January regarding the progress made by Romania within the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism...