Frans Timmermans

European Parliament passes resolution on rule of law in Romania, says deeply concerned

The non-legislative resolution on the rule of law in Romania was passed on Tuesday by the European Parliament 473 -to- 151 votes and 40 abstentions, a text that affirms the MEPs' "deep concern" towards the judicial and criminal legislation's reform in Romania and "condemns the violent and disproportionate intervention of the police forces during the Bucharest protests" in August

European People's Party to Vote For Potential 2019 Successor to the Current Commission President

It is an election campaign intended to catapult the winner into one of the EU's top jobs, but 445 million voters could be forgiven for not noticing.

Europe's largest political group, the centre-right European People's Party (EPP), will on Thursday choose their candidate to run the European Commission, the powerful executive that drafts and enforces EU law.

PM Dancila conveys to EC's Timmermans desire for EP debate to be reasoning-based, constructive

Romania's Prime Minister Viorica Dancila on Tuesday had a meeting with European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans on a visit to Strasbourg where she underscored a need for close co-ordination between Romania and the European Commission during the Romanian presidency of the EU Council, expressing a wish fort the debate in the European Parliament on Wednesday to be reasoning-base

European Commission Renews Warning on Romania's Rule of Law

Romania still has a chance to give up legislation changes that threaten the fight against corruption, but the European Commission will not hesitate to take Bucharest to court if the government remains deaf to all warnings, European Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans told MEPS at a late-night hearing in the European Parliament Human Rights and Civil Liberties Committee on Monday.

Liberal leader Orban: Dancila's mind-boggling lying in official documents shows she must quit

Chairman of the Opposition's National Liberal Party (PNL) Ludovic Orban argues that by the letter addressed to the Brussels officials Premier Viorica Dancila does nothing else but "lie" and "execute antidemocratic orders", and that for this reason she must step down.

PM Dancila's letter to EC top officials confirmed (Commission spokesperson)

Premier Viorica Dancila sent President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker and Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans a letter, the EU executive body confirmed on Friday.

We can confirm having received the letter and the answer will follow in due time, a spokesperson of the European Commission said on Friday, at the request of AGERPRES.

Pages