President Klaus Iohannis said Thursday that Romania wants a European Union that is united and strong, adding that this is the stand he and all the other participants in the debate and diplomatic process regarding the future of the EU will embrace.
"Our stand is well known. We have had the same stand since the very beginning. I have reiterated it any time the matter showed up. Romania believes in a strong and united EU and we have to achieve such consolidation together, all the 27 members, and I have said that loud and clear. That is why we have not agreed on alternatives such as a multi-speed Europe, a two-speed Europe or a Europe of concentric circles. What we want is a strong and united Europe. That was and will continue to be presented as Romania's stand by me and also by all the other participants in the debate and diplomatic process," Iohannis said.
Iohannis is attending, March 9-10, a summit of the European Council in Brussels. He told journalists on Thursday at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace that the main items on the summit's agenda are employment, economic growth and competitiveness, migration, institutional aspects and EU's foreign affairs.
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