Venice Commission

The adoption of the amendments to the Criminal Code at the speed of light, in blatant breach of international conventions and by ignoring the opinions of the Venice Commission, turns the Romanian state farther away from the minimal standards of the rule of law, the Romanian Judges Forum (FJR) said.

The Embassy of the US in Bucharest conveyed on Thursday that "important partner countries" called upon Romania to take into account "the potential negative impact of criminal law amendments."

Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Switzerland, Finland, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden endorse this standpoint alongside the US.

Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Melescanu met on Tuesday with High Commissioner on National Minorities of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Lamberto Zannier, context in which the two officials talked about the rights of national minorities, as well as about the risk of extremist and xenophobic trends re-emerging on the European continent.

Minister of EU Integration Jadranka Joksimovic announced this at the 8th Intergovernmental Conference in Luxembourg

The National Executive Committee (CExN) of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) decided on Friday's meeting to continue support for the party's national leader Liviu Dragnea in all the political positions he is holding: national leader and speaker of the Chamber of Deputies.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila, also Executive President of the Social Democratic Party (PSD, main at rule, ed.

She added that chapters 23 and 24 pertaining to that area were among the most difficult on the road to European integration.

At a meeting with Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Sem Fabrizi and the ambassadors of the EU's member states, Brnabic said that she had wanted an open discussion on what Serbia had achieved so far.

A €1 billion macro-financial loan to help Ukraine cover part of its external financing needs in 2018-2019 was approved by Parliament on Wednesday.

MEPs agreed to an EU Commission proposal to provide Kiev with another package of macro-financial assistance (MFA), which is an exceptional emergency resource for EU neighbourhood countries struggling to pay their bills.

The main ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD) believes that the recent statements made by President of Romania Klaus Iohannis in reference to the Decision of the Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) regarding the resolution of the conflict between the Justice Minister and the President, undermine the CCR's authority, adding that the Court's decisions are mandatory, not be debat

President Klaus Iohannis said after Tuesday's meeting with a visiting delegation of the Venice Commission that the meeting made for a very good discussion but did not focus on the words of the justice legislations, but on principles, and that experts will issue an opinion on the legislation.