President Klaus Iohannis claimed on Thursday that the statement of First Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans, according to which the measures taken by the Government can affect the allocations of European funds to Romania, is "slightly exaggerated."
"In this stage I believe it's a slight exaggeration. No, but certainly everybody is worried for a good reason, and I have to admit it, no matter how hard it is for me," Iohannis stated at the Cotroceni Palace, when asked about the statements Frans Timmermans made.
He added that at the European Council meeting on Friday he will "certainly" have a lot of informal discussions with the European leaders.
"I'm not anticipating this scenario, but certainly, tomorrow I will have many informal discussions, because people want to know, they will want to know what is happening in Romania," the head of state said, when asked if he foresees a scenario in the context in which it was speculated in the public space that it's not excluded for Romania to be sanctioned by the EU.
The European Commission requested Romania, on Thursday, to reassess the emergency ordinance regarding the amendment of the Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code, as well as the draft law regarding pardon, evaluating the events over the past days as being "concerning".
In the past 28 years, in one way or another, I have seen Romania's developments. If we see the progresses in this period, we can be only impressed by the force of will, that Romanian people have to become a functional European democracy, First Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans stated on Thursday in a debate of the European Parliament plenary gathered in Brussels.
Frans Timmermans also stated that the measures taken by the Executive in Bucharest could affect the European funds allocated to Romania.
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