The First Vice President of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans, has called on Romania to continue with its efforts to tackle corruption, two days after Jean-Claude Junker made a similar appeal. He encouraged the country to stick to its goals just when it was “a few metres away from the finishing line” and described the fight against institutionalised corruption as a “tough marathon”.
Although the government has withdrawn its decree on the decriminalisation of corruption under...