On Wednesday 24 January, the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker and his First Vice President, Frans Timmermans, expressed their “concerns” about events in Romania and the potentially damaging impact on the independence of the country's judicial system.
At the end of December, the national parliament, dominated by the Social Democrats
(PSD), approved three draft laws that have provoked fears of a reduction in the independence of the magistrates and a reduction in...