Brussels, 12/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - Romania has called for the “cooperation and verification mechanism” imposed upon it by the European Union when it joined on 1 January 2007, the objective of which is to monitor the progress made by the country on reforms of its judicial system and the fight against corruption, to be lifted before the end of this year. “The accession treaty does not specify when the cooperation and verification mechanism should end, but our objective is to have it...