23/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - José Manuel Barroso has sent his congratulations to the new Romanian Prime Minister, Emil Boc, who will lead the new centre-left government (Liberals/Social Democrats) voted in in the elections of 30 November. In his congratulatory telegram, the President of the European Commission pledged his "full support" to the Bucarest authorities and the "active assistance" of the Commission to help the country to carry out the reforms provided for in the framework of the mechanism for cooperation and verification required by the EU when the country joined in January 2007. (H.B. /trans.fl)