The Commission will be "brutal" if necessary in its assessment of the rule-of-law situation and justice in Romania, and it will not hesitate to use all the instruments in its possession, starting with infringement procedures.
This is the commitment taken by European Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans, who is responsible for fundamental rights, when he was speaking in Strasbourg on Wednesday 3 October to MEPs concerned about the continued amendments of legislation in Romania,...