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Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos on Tuesday pointed out that, as far as lifting the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) on Romania is concerned, under which the country's progress with judiciary reform and the fight against corruption is gauged annually, "things are going in the right direction."
European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker on Monday voiced his conviction that during the tenure of the current commission, the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) would come to an end in Romania's case.
"I told Mr prime minister once more that I am positive that during the tenure of my commission we will end the CVM. There is no close connection between what I would call Bulgaria's case and Romania's case. The two cases are separate. If Romania surpasses our Bulgarian friends, most certainly the mechanism will end if Romania keeps the current level of implementing the expectations of the European Commission and of the member states when this happens," Juncker told a joint news conference in Brussels with Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos. AGERPRES
