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Senate Chairman Calin Popescu-Tariceanu came out to make it clear that his statements during a televised show have been ''twisted and used as propaganda'', rejecting the "manipulation" circulated in certain media sources according to which he would support a Romexit.
''I learned with regret that my statements for a televised show have been twisted and used for propaganda aimed only at creating instability and tension. (...) I've been the head of the government that succeeded in taking Romania to the European Union. (...) I'm a convinced pro-European. Romania is in the club of the most advanced liberal democracies and the Romanians are in the position of taking advantage of a space of freedom and prosperity that is truly unique on the globe. Ten years from that moment, Romania must be a strong member of the EU," Tariceanu wrote on Facebook on Tuesday.
''I'll tell you what I stand for: for us to be a respected member, with no more CVM monitoring with ever changeable goals, I want the same rules that apply to European citizens on the labor market to apply to Romanian citizens too, for us to be able to assign our development resources according to our own interests, to no longer be considered an outlet market and a source of cheap workforce, for foreign companies to have a fair tax behavior a.s.o. Is this too much? I let you judge. I cannot accept that we be treated as a second-hand country," the Senate Chairman said, explaining that all he wants is for the other European states to respect Romania, which has its own national interests and sovereignty to champion.
"I want the other EU members to respect us because we respect them too," he underscored.
