EC Mulls Separating Monitoring of Bulgaria, Romania - Report

Politics » BULGARIA IN EU | July 11, 2012, Wednesday // 11:43
EC Mulls Separating Monitoring of Bulgaria, Romania - Report: EC Mulls Separating Monitoring of Bulgaria, Romania - Report The EC monitoring report on Bulgaria and Romania under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism is expected in the second half of July. File photo

The European Union is considering separating newcomers Romania and Bulgaria in the monitoring of the countries' judicial system and home affairs.

The news was published by the Bulgarian Trud (Labor) daily citing a diplomat, who had spoken off-the-record.

The reason is the attempt of Romania's ruling left wing to outs right-wing President, Traian Basescu, and to alter both the authority of the Constitutional Court and the Referendum Act.

The Romanian Constitutional Court upheld Basescu's removal, which was voted in the Parliament. Meanwhile, it ruled unconstitutional the law limiting its options to exercise control on the Parliament. It further set the minimum voter turnout for the July 29th referendum to impeach Basescu at 50%.

The European Commission, a number of European countries, the US, and human rights NGOs recently voiced alarm about the left-wing attacks on the Constitution in Romania and the way the procedure to remove the President was conducted.

"Yes, Bulgaria and Romania could be monitored separately," the diplomat had said, without disclosing exact ways of how it could be implemented.

The EC monitoring report on Bulgaria and Romania under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism is expected in the second half of July.

The said diplomat had, however, firmly dismissed reports that the Mechanism, effective in the last 5 years, might be lifted after this summer. He had further refused to state if EC is inclined to have a more alleviated mechanism for one of the two countries, only saying the Mechanism might become more precise.

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Tags: Constitutional Court, constitution, presient, Victor Ponta, impeach, Referendum, Romanian, Romania, Traian Basescu, cooperation and verification mechanism, Romania, Bulgaria, report, monitoring, EC, European Commission

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