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February 20, 2016

EUROPEAN UNION – British Premier David Cameron has said he will announce a date for the referendum on whether Britain should remain in the EU later today, after a meeting of his Cabinet. The agreement on renegotiating the UKs EU membership was announced by European Council president Donald Tusk. After two days of talks in Brussels with other EU leaders, Cameron said the EU provided the concessions he sought, including assurances that the other nations wont try to make Britain part of a “European superstate.” According to the British premier, there will be tough new restrictions on access to his country’s welfare system for EU migrants. World leaders praised the deal, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel saying the EU leaders clearly wanted Britain to stay. President Klaus Iohannis, who represented Romania at the summit, has said that Romanians currently working in the UK will not be affected by the deal, which only affects workers that will enter the British labour market after its enforcement.

LAW – The Romanian Justice Ministry jointly with the Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA), the Direction for the Investigation of Organized Crimes and Terrorism (DIICOT) and the General Prosecutor’s Office are working on a bill allowing public bodies to further access private communications. The Constitutional Court has recently ruled that several provisions of an article in the Criminal Procedure Code violate the fundamental law, such as the ones allowing the Romanian Intelligence Service to tap suspects’ phone calls. Justice Minister, Raluca Pruna, has said that the bill will be ready by the time the Court publicly motivates its ruling, so that there will be no legislative gaps with negative effects on the ongoing criminal investigations.

HEALTHCARE – The haemolytic uremic syndrome in a 1-year old from eastern Romania, currently treated in a hospital in Iasi, has not been confirmed, Romanian health authorities announced. On Friday, the Romanian PM, Dacian Ciolos, and the healthcare minister, Patriciu Achimas Cadariu travelled to Arges County, in the south, where several cases of serious digestive problems had been reported among children. On Thursday two foreign experts came to Romania in an attempt to identify the source of the bacteria that caused the digestive problems in children. We recall that three children died this month due to serious digestive infections followed by major complications and seven children are being treated in a Bucharest hospital, having been diagnosed with the haemolytic uremic syndrome.

UNITED NATIONS – Russia regrets the fact that the United Nations Security Council rejected its bid to halt Turkeys military actions against Syria, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. He has given assurances that Moscow will continue supporting government forces against what it calls “terrorists.” Russia considers such cross-border shelling that Turkey is carrying out as unacceptable, Peskov also said. Turkey has intensely bombed areas in the northern province of Aleppo, controlled by the Kurds, which it sees as responsible for Wednesday’s bloody attack in Ankara. Turkey has pleaded for the international coalition’s ground military intervention in Syria.

FILM – The feature film “Illegitimate” directed by Romanian Adrian Sitaru has a final screening today at the Berlin International Film Festival. The film, which had its world premiere late last week, has received big hands of applause from the public and appreciative reviews by international journalists. “Illegitimate”, one of the most daring and thought-provoking Romanian films in recent years, tells the story of two brothers and their illegitimate love. The Berlin International Film Festival started on February 11 and runs until February 21.

HANDBALL — Romania’s vice champion women’s handball team, HCM Baia Mare, on Friday qualified to the Champions League’s quarter finals, after defeating, on home turf, the German team Thuringer HC, 38-27, in the main Group 1 of the Champions League. In the same competition, but in the 2nd main Group, the champions CSM Bucharest will take on the Danish team FC Midtjylland, on Sunday, in an away match.

(Translated by Elena Enache)

19 February 2016
COP 21, un acuerdo histórico

Seis años después del fracaso de la cumbre de Copenhague,
el pasado fin de semana se firmó en el marco de la Conferencia sobre el cambio
climático de París un acuerdo histórico para mantener la temperatura del planeta en menos de 2 grados
centígrados. Destinado a transformar fundamentalmente, en los
próximos decenios, la economía no sostenible basada en
el consumo de los actuales combustibles fósiles, y
limitar el cambio climático, el acuerdo se ha obtenido después de algunos años
de negociaciones. Nuestra responsabilidad con la historia
es inmensa, ha declarado el jefe de la diplomacia francesa, Laurent Fabius, quien ha presentado este sábado el
proyecto del acuerdo en la junta de los representantes de los casi 200 Estados
que han participado en la conferencia.

Junto con el objetivo ambicioso de mantener el aumento de la temperatura por debajo de los 2
grados centígrados con respecto a los niveles preindustriales, el acuerdo también prevé poner en marcha un mecanismo
de financiación de 100.000 millones de dólares para medidas de mitigación y adaptación al cambio climático. El texto deberá ser ratificado por todos los países la próxima
primavera, entrará en vigor a partir de 2020 y será revisado cada cinco años para que
los países pongan al día sus compromisos y se fijen metas para la reducción.

La firma del acuerdo de París ha sido valorada positivamente por líderes
políticos de todo el mundo así como por representantes de algunas instituciones
internacionales tales como el FMI, el Banco Mundial o la Agencia
Internacional de la Energía. El presidente de la Comisión Europea, Jean
Claude Juncker, ha apreciado que ahora el mundo está unido en la lucha contra el
cambio climático y el primer ministro británico, David Cameron, ha declarado
que la actual generación ha dado los pasos vitales para asegurar el futuro del
planeta.

La ministra rumana de Medio Ambiente, Cristina Pasca, designada
representante comunitaria en los debates sobre la
adaptación al cambio climático, ha subrayado en Radio Rumanía el hecho de
que la Unión Europea se ha implicado de manera activa en las negociaciones de
París.

Según los estudios de especialidad, las pérdidas económicas
causadas por el calentamiento global superan los 120.000 millones de dólares
cada año, 4.000 millones de personas son vulnerables y alrededor de 500
millones viven en zonas de gran riesgo.

14 December 2015
The Week in Review December 6-12

David Cameron pays a visit to Bucharest

Bucharest and London boast important bilateral relations and the two sides want to strengthen and develop this partnership, said Romanias President Klaus Iohannis after the talks he held with the visiting British Prime Minister, David Cameron. The Romanian President said the military and security dimension of bilateral cooperation had a major role, in a complex context marked by challenges. The economic side of the relationship between Romania and Great Britain was also tackled during the talks.

President Iohannis underlined that trade exchanges last year reached the highest level so far. In turn, the British PM Cameron said that Romanians have a valuable contribution to the development of Great Britain in important domain such as finances, science and medicine. However he highlighted what he called the pressure put by the free movement of labour force on the public services in the UK. In turn, the Romanian Prime Minister, Dacian Ciolos, said upon his meeting with his British counterpart, that most Romanians who work in Great Britain are paying their taxes.

The state and social security budget

For the new technocratic government in Bucharest led by Dacian Ciolos the state and social security budgets for 2016 are a major challenge. If parliamentary parties have generally agreed with the draft budget, the representatives of civil society expressed their discontent with being consulted rather late. Institutions such as the Fiscal Council also criticized certain infringements of the fiscal rules.

According to the bill proposed by the Ciolos cabinet, the Education and Healthcare Ministries will receive additional money, alongside the Interior, Defense and European Funds Ministries. Less money will be channeled towards the Labour Ministry. The budget is based on a deficit of 3% of the GDP, the maximum threshold agreed upon with the EU, and on an economic growth rate of 4.1%. The two draft budgets have already been forwarded to Parliament, which, according to the established timetable, is to give its verdict next week.

Important decisions by the Supreme Council of National Defense

As many as 1,200 Romanian soldiers and over 1,500 gendarmes will participate in various NATO, EU, the OSCE and UN missions abroad in 2016. The decision was made by Romanias Supreme Defense Council, in a meeting chaired by president Klaus Iohannis and attended, for the first time, by the ministers of the new government. On the occasion, they approved the Guide of the National Strategy for the Countrys Defense for 2015- 2019 and the Intelligence Strategy of the Romanian Intelligence Service, valid for the same period of time. Also, according to the Presidential Administration, the members of the Supreme National Defense Council have ascertained that the line Romanian institutions applied the sanctions set up at international level between October 2014- September 2015.

The anti-corruption fight continues

The National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) has registered the highest credibility rate among the population thanks to its relentless fight against corruption of the last years. This week the DNA has opened a new case related to illegal retrocession, a common crime, that brought huge revenues to those involved in the case, among whom two public figures: journalist Dan Andronic, the director of the well known post-Communist daily paper, “Evenimentul Zilei, and the controversial businessman Remus Truica. In the early 2000, the latter was the head of the chancellery of the then PM Adrian Nastase, himself sentenced to prison on corruption charges. Prosecutors accuse the abovementioned of several acts of corruption and of setting up a criminal group to deal in illegal retrocession.

The estimated damage in this case exceeds 136 million euros. In another DNA case, the High Court of Cassation and Justice has decided this week that the Liberal MPs Ioan Oltean, a veteran of post-Communist politics and Catalin Teodorescu, alongside the former head of the National Authority for the Restitution of Property, Crinuta Dumitrean, should be subject to legal restrictions pending trial. They are being investigated in a case related to illegal compensations worth more than 20 million euros, granted to a businessman by the National Authority for the Restitution of Property.

Demography on a downward trend

In 2014, Romanias population dropped under the threshold of 20 million – a level similar to that reported in mid 1960s. According to the National Institute for Statistics, last year Romanias population dropped by 80 thousand people, let alone the 40 thousand citizens who migrated. Such a great number of people is equivalent to the disappearance of two small towns every year. The president of the National Institute for Statistics, Tudorel Andrei, claims that until 2013 the number of population was reduced especially due to migration. In the years to come the main cause of the demographic downward trend is expected to be the low birthrate.

(Translated by: Lacramioara Simion; Edited by: Diana Vijeu)

12 December 2015
Retrospectiva săptămânii 6.12 – 12.12.2015

David Cameron, în vizită la Bucureşti

Bucureştiul şi Londra au relaţii
bilaterale importante, iar părţile doresc întărirea şi dezvoltarea acestui
parteneriat, a declarat preşedintele României, Klaus Iohannis, după discutia pe
care a avut-o cu premierul britanic, David Cameron. Gazdă a întâlnirii, şeful
statului a apreciat că dimensiunea militară şi de securitate a cooperării
bilaterale are un rol major, într-un context complex şi marcat de provocări.
Partea economică a relaţiei România-Marea Britanie a fost, şi ea, adusă în
discuţie, în condiţiile în care, a remarcat preşedintele Iohannis, schimburile
comerciale au ajuns, anul trecut, la cel mai înalt nivel. La rându-i, premierul
Cameron a afirmat că românii au o contribuţie valoroasă la dezvoltarea Marii
Britanii, în zone importante, cum ar fi finanţele, ştiinţa sau medicina, însă a
adus în discuţie ceea ce a numit presiunea pe care libera circulaţie o pune pe
serviciile publice din Regat. Totuşi, a punctat premierul Dacian Cioloş, la
întrevederea cu omologul său, majoritatea covârşitoare a românilor care
lucrează în Marea Britanie îşi plătesc taxele într-o manieră onestă.

Bugetul de stat şi cel al asigurărilor sociale

Pentru proaspătul
Cabinet de tehnocraţi de la Bucureşti, aflat sub bagheta lui Dacian Ciolos,
bugetul de stat şi cel al asigurarilor sociale pentru 2016 reprezintă prima
provocare majoră. Dacă partidele parlamentare s-au declarat satisfăcute, în
genere, proiectul bugetului de stat a stârnit ceva nemulţumiri printre
reprezentanţii societăţii civile, care au acuzat că au fost consultaţi tardiv,
ori chiar instituţii, cum este Consiliul Fiscal, ce invocă abaterea de la
regulile fiscale. Cert este că în formula propusă de Guvernul Cioloş, Educaţia
şi Sănătatea – întotdeauna, domenii fundamentale, dar niciodată finanţate pe
măsură – vor primi bani în plus. Privilegiate de noua alocare bugetară sunt şi
ministerele din zona siguranţei naţionale – Internele şi, respectiv, Apărarea
-, alături de Ministerul Fondurilor Europene. La polul opus, cu mai
puţine fonduri primite, se află Ministerul Muncii, în special. Construcţia bugetară are la baza
un nivel maxim de deficit de 3% din PIB, plafonul maxim
agreat de UE, şi o creştere economică de 4,1%. Proiectele
celor doua bugete se află, deja, în Parlament, care, potrivit calendarului
stabilit, ar urma să se pronunţe săptămâna viitoare.

CSAT, decizii importante

Aproape
1.200 de militari si peste 1.500 de jandarmi români vor participa, anul viitor,
la
misiuni ale NATO, UE, OSCE şi ONU. Decizia a fost luată la sedinţa Consiliului Suprem de
Apărare a Ţării (CSAT), desfaşurata sub conducerea şefului statului, Klaus
Iohannis, şi la care au participat, în premieră, miniştri ai noului Executiv.
Cu această ocazie, au fost aprobate Ghidul Strategiei Naţionale de Apărare a
Ţării pentru perioada 2015-2019 şi Strategia de Informaţii a SRI, valabilă
pentru aceeaşi perioadă. De asemenea, potrivit Administraţiei Prezidenţiale,
membrii CSAT au constatat că instituţiile responsabile româneşti au aplicat
sancţiunile instituite pe plan internaţional, în perioada octombrie 2014 -
septembrie 2015.

Lupta anticorupţie continuă

Neobosita Direcţie Naţională
Anticorupţie (DNA) demonstrează, din nou, că nu întamplator este, în ultimii
ani, instituţia din întreaga administraţie cu cel mai mare salt la capitolul
credibilitate. Săptămâna aceasta, DNA a deschis un nou dosar cu retrocedari
ilegale – o infracţiune comună, cu venituri uriaşe pentru cei implicaţi, de
unde şi sintagma Mafia retrocedărilor, consacrată în România. Sunt implicate,
între altele, şi două personaje cu rezonanţă publică: jurnalistul Dan Andronic, director al unei cunoscute publicaţii
post-comuniste, Evenimentul Zilei,şi controversatul om de afaceri Remus
Truică, fost şef, la începutul anilor 2000, al cancelariei premierului Adrian
Nastase, el însuşi condamnat la închisoare cu executare pentru fapte asimilate
corupţiei. Procurorii îi acuză pe cei reţinuţi de mai multe fapte de corupţie
şi de constituirea unui grup infracţional, într-o afacere cu
averi revendicate ilegal. Prejudiciul estimat în acest caz este de peste 136 de
milioane de euro. Într-un alt dosar al DNA, Înalta Curte de Casaţie şi Justiţie
a decis, tot săptămâna aceasta, ca deputaţii liberali Ioan Oltean, un veteran
al politicii post-comuniste, şi Cătălin Teodorescu, alături de fosta şefă a
Autoritatii Naţionale pentru Restituirea Proprietăţilor (ANRP), Crinuţa
Dumitrean, să fie cercetaţi sub control judiciar. Ei sunt anchetaţi
într-un dosar cu despăgubiri ilegale de peste 20 de milioane de euro, acordate
unui om de afaceri de către ANRP.

Scădere demografică

În 2014, populaţia României a scăzut sub
pragul de 20 de milioane – un nivel similar celui de la mijlocul anilor ’60.
Potrivit Institutului Naţional de Statistică (INS), anul trecut, populaţia
României a scăzut cu 80 de mii de oameni, cărora li se adaugă cei 40 de mii de
cetăţeni care au migrat. Un număr atât de mare de persoane echivalează cu dispariţia
a două oraşe de nivel mic în fiecare an. Preşedintele INS, Tudorel Andrei, susţine că, până în 2013,
numărul locuitorilor s-a redus în special din cauza migraţiei, pentru ca, în
anii din urmă, motivul principal să fie amploarea sporului natural negativ.

12 December 2015
El primer ministro británico en Bucarest

Además de colaboradores en la Unión Europea y la OTAN, Gran Bretaña y Rumanía son también buenos compañeros de negocios. Los intercambios comerciales alcanzaron el año pasado el nivel récord de 3.500 millones de euros, ha destacado este miércoles en Bucarest el jefe del Gobierno de Londres, David Cameron. Junto a Polonia y Bulgaria, Rumanía ha sido una de las etapas de su gira diplomática por los países del centro y el este de Europa, en el contexto de las negociaciones sobre la reconfiguración de las relaciones entre Londres y Bruselas, así como del referéndum que Gran Bretaña está preparando para decidir si sale o no de la Unión. Cameron ha vuelto a destacar que Londres desea una reforma en la Unión, para que cumpla con los intereses británicos, sobre todo en el asunto de la libre circulación, en general, y de la circulación de la mano de obra, en especial. He aquí la declaración de David Cameron:

“Apoyo el principio de la libre circulación. Es un principio básico. Los rumanos, al igual que otros europeos, tienen una contribución valiosa en Gran Bretaña, en numerosos ámbitos: finanzas, ciencia, medicina. Pero nunca pensé que la libertad de circulación iba a traer a tanta gente y tenemos que solucionar toda esta presión que existe en las escuelas, en los hospitales, en los servicios públicos en general. La migración neta a Gran Bretaña ha alcanzado 300.000 personas al año y no es sostenible, es decir, que debemos encontrar maneras para solucionar esta situación.”

Al igual que Polonia, Rumanía excluye cualquier limitación de la libre circulación, considerada un principio fundamental en la UE. La mayoría de los ciudadanos rumanos en Gran Bretaña están muy bien integrados y contribuyen, mediante los impuestos que pagan, a la economía de este país, según ha destacado el presidente Klaus Iohannis en los debates con el primer ministro británico. A su vez, su homólogo, Dacian Cioloş, ha declarado lo siguiente:

“Rumanía puede sostener las propuestas formuladas por Gran Bretaña, excepto el asunto de los derechos de los trabajadores en la UE. Aquí hemos insistido en la necesidad de encontrar soluciones que no contravengan los derechos mencionados en la legislación europea, sobre todo respecto a los derechos sociales. Y eso porque, en su gran mayoría, por lo menos los rumanos que trabajan en Gran Bretaña, van a trabajar y, por tanto, pagan impuestos, y creo que, en el futuro, se podrán encontrar soluciones que tengan en cuenta estas preocupaciones de Rumanía.”

La consolidación de la cooperación entre Rumanía y Gran Bretaña en los ámbitos económico y de seguridad han sido, junto con la reforma de los mecanismos comunitarios, otros temas de las reuniones entre el primer ministro británico David Cameron y los mandatarios de Bucarest.

10 December 2015
British Premier David Cameron pays visit to Bucharest

Romania and Britain are not just partners within NATO and the EU, but also very good business partners, as bilateral trade stood at a record 3.5 billion Euro last year, British PM David Cameron said on Wednesday in Bucharest. Alongside Poland and Bulgaria, Romania is part of Cameron’s diplomatic tour of central and Eastern Europe, against the background of London’s reconsidering its relations with Brussels. Also, Britain is currently preparing a referendum on whether to stay or not within the EU. Cameron said London wanted a reform of the European Union that would also serve Britain’s interests, especially with regard to the freedom of movement, in particular of the workforce.

David Cameron said he supported the freedom of movement principle, as one of Europe’s fundamental principles. Romanians, alongside other Europeans, make a valuable contribution to the United Kingdom in a wide range of fields, from finance to science and medicine, Cameron went on saying. However, this freedom of movement has brought more people than expected, with an net inflow of 300,000 in Great Britain alone. This pressure on schools, hospitals and public services in general must be solved, Cameron also said.

Just like Poland, Romania strongly opposes any limitation of the right to freedom of movement, which is one of the EU’s fundamental principles. The largest part of the Romanian citizens in Britain are very well integrated and contribute to the country’s economy through the taxes and fees they pay, said Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis during the talks with the British Premier.

In turn, the Romanian PM Dacian Ciolos said: “The proposals made by Britain can be supported by Romania, except for the matter concerning workers’ rights in the EU. Here we insisted on the need to find solutions that would not run counter to the rights that are already provided for in the European legislation, in particular with regard to welfare, given that Romanians who go to Great Britain do so in order to work, therefore they pay taxes there. I believe that in the future solutions will be found to take into account these concerns that Romania has.”

Strengthening cooperation between Romania and Great Britain in the economic and security fields, alongside a reform of EU mechanisms, were some of the other topics approached by the British PM David Cameron during talks with Romanian officials in Bucharest.

(Translated by Mihaela Ignatescu / Edited by Elena Enache)

10 December 2015
Premierul britanic, la Bucureşti

Partenere în Uniunea Europeană şi în NATO,
Marea Britanie şi România sunt şi buni parteneri de afaceri, schimburile
comerciale ridicându-se, anul trecut, la un nivel record, de 3,5 miliarde de
euro – s-a felicitat, miercuri, la Bucureşti, şeful Guvernului de la Londra, David Cameron. Alături de Polonia şi Bulgaria,
România a fost una dintre etapele turneului său diplomatic în ţări central şi
est-europene, în contextul negocierilor privind reconfigurarea relaţiilor
dintre Londra şi Bruxelles, precum şi în condiţiile în care Marea Britanie
pregăteşte un referendum care să tranşeze rămânerea sau ieşirea din Uniune.
Cameron a repetat că Londra vrea o reformare a Uniunii, în aşa fel încât să se potrivească
intereselor britanice, mai ales în chestiunea liberei circulaţii, în general,
şi a circulaţiei forţei de muncă, în special.

David Cameron: Sprijin
principiul liberei circulaţii. Este un principiu de bază. Şi românii, ca şi
alţi europeni aduc o contribuţie valoroasă în Marea Britanie, în foarte multe
domenii – finanţe, ştiinţă, medicină. Dar nu am crezut niciodată că aceast
libertate de mişcare va duce atâţia oameni şi trebuie să rezolvăm toată această
presiune care se exercită asupra şcolilor, spitalelor, serviciilor publice în
general. Migraţia netă în Marea Britanie ajunge la 300.000 de oameni pe an şi
nu este sustenabilă, deci trebuie neapărat să găsim modalităţi să rezolvăm
această situaţie.

Ca şi Polonia, România exclude orice limitare a liberei circulaţii,
considerată un principiu fundamental al UE. Cea mai mare parte a cetăţenilor români din Marea
Britanie sunt foarte bine integraţi şi contribuie, prin taxele şi impozitele pe
care le plătesc, la economia acestei ţări – a subliniat preşedintele Klaus
Iohannis la discuţiile cu premierul britanic.

La rându-i, omologul român al acestuia, Dacian
Cioloş, a precizat că: Propunerile făcute de Marea Britanie pot fi
susţinute de România, cu excepţia chestiunii privind drepturile muncitorilor în
UE. Aici am insistat pe nevoia de a găsi soluţii care să nu contravină
drepturilor care sunt deja înscrise în legislaţia europeană, mai ales în
privinţa drepturilor sociale, dat fiind faptul că, în cea mai mare parte, cel
puţin românii care lucrează în Marea Britanie merg acolo să muncească şi deci
plătesc inclusiv taxe şi eu cred că se vor putea găsi pe viitor soluţii care să
ţină cont de aceste preocupări ale României.

Consolidarea cooperării
dintre România şi Marea Britanie în domeniile economic şi de securitate au
constituit, alături de reformarea mecanismelor comunitare, alte teme ale
convorbirilor premierului britanic, David Cameron, cu responsabilii politici de
la Bucureşti.

10 December 2015
Jurnal românesc – 10.12.2015

Guvernul României a aprobat, miercuri, proiectul de buget
pe 2016. Educaţia, Sănătatea, Apărarea şi Internele primesc cei mai mulţi bani.
Documentul a fost structurat pentru un nivel maxim de deficit de 3% din PIB,
admis de Uniunea Europeană, şi pe o creştere economică estimată la 4 procente.
Calculele arată că încasările la buget vor fi mai mari cu 3,6 miliarde de lei
decât anul acesta, iar cheltuielile, majorate cu aproximativ 13 miliarde lei,
ar urma să acopere inclusiv măsurile de relaxare fiscală aprobate deja. Pe de
altă parte, potrivit unei ordonanţe de urgenţă aprobate, tot miercuri, de
Guvern, pensiile se vor indexa anul viitor cu 5%, în loc de 4,31%, cât reieşea
din calculele anterioare, astfel că punctul de pensie va urca de la 830,2 la
871,7 lei.

Guvernul a
suplimentat cu 200 de milioane de lei plafonul garanţiilor pe 2015 pentru
programul ‘Prima Casă’. Suplimentarea – se arată într-un comunicat – va
asigura continuarea în condiţii optime a programului în perioada rămasă până la
sfârşitul anului şi începutul anului viitor. Din 2009, anul de lansare al
programului ‘PrimaCasă’, şi până
acum, au fost acordate peste 166.000 de garanţii pentru finanţări în valoare de
peste 13,9 miliarde lei. În 2015 au fost emise 30.070 de garanţii
în valoare de 2,5 miliarde de lei.

Premierul Dacian Cioloş a declarat că a discutat,
miercuri, la Bucureşti, cu premierul britanic David Cameron, în contextul
cerinţelor legate de piaţa muncii, despre găsirea unor soluţii care să nu
contravină drepturilor sociale ale cetăţenilor Uniunii Europene. Şeful Executivului român a precizat că românii care merg să munceasă
în Marea Britanie plătesc taxe, lucru subliniat în discuţiile cu David Cameron
şi de preşedintele Klaus Iohannis. Acesta a punctat că cea mai mare parte a cetăţenilor români din Regatul Unit
sunt foarte bine integraţi şi contribuie prin taxele şi impozitele pe care le
plătesc la economia acestei ţări.

La Bucureşti a fost programată, joi, conferinţa cu tema
Diaspora în cercetarea ştiinţifică şi învaţământul superior din România 2016,
sub înaltul patronaj al preşedintelui României, Klaus Iohannis, sub egida
Ministerului Educaţiei Naţionale şi Cercetării Ştiinţifice, prin Universitatea
de Vest din Timişoara şi Unitatea Executivă pentru Finanţarea Învăţământului Superior,
a Cercetării, Dezvoltării şi Inovării. Au fost invitaţi să participe ministrul
educaţiei naţionale şi al cercetării ştiinţifice, Adrian Curaj, consilierul de
stat pentru educaţie şi cercetare, Ligia Deca şi consilierul de stat pentru
relaţia cu românii din afara graniţelor, Sandra Pralong.

Investiţiile încep să oprească exodul în străinătate al
tinerilor români. Peste jumătate dintre studenţii români vor primul loc de
muncă acasă – se arată într-o analiză a Ziarului Financiar. Potrivit unui
sondaj de opinie al concernului german din industria auto Continental, prezent
şi în România, 51% dintre studenţii români au spus că ar prefera să îşi caute
un loc de muncă în regiunea în care locuiesc în prezent. Sondajul mai arată că,
dacă ar primi o ofertă de muncă de la o companie internaţională şi ar fi
nevoiţi să se mute în străinătate, tinerii români ar dori să lucreze pentru
companii din Germania, SUA sau Elveţia.

Compania naţională TAROM a inaugurat oficial cursa Iaşi-Istanbul, noua rută
urmând să fie operată cu două frecvenţe săptămânale, în zilele de miercuri şi sâmbătă. Potrivit unui
comunicat al companiei, cursa va decola de la Iaşi la ora 20,50 şi va sosi la
Istanbul la ora 22,30. Zborul de întoarcere este programat la ora 23,15, iar
aterizarea la Iaşi are loc la 00,55 în ziua următoare (toate orele sunt
locale).Aeroportul de destinaţie,
Ataturk, este un un important nod de conexiune care va permite pasagerilor
conexiuni spre America de Nord, Asia şi chiar Australia.

10 December 2015
09.12.2015 (mise à jour)

Visite – Le premier ministre britannique David Cameron était mercredi en visite officielle en Roumanie. Il s’est entretenu à Bucarest avec le président roumain Klaus Iohannis sur les manières à renforcer le partenariat stratégique bilatéral, le chef de l’Etat roumain estimant que la dimension militaire et de sécurité y jouaient un rôle majeur. Pour sa part, David Cameron a rappelé que la Grande Bretagne et la Roumanie étaient partenaires au sein de l’UE et de l’OTAN et de bons partenaires d’affaires, les échanges commerciaux entre les deux pays se chiffrant l’année dernière à 3,5 milliards d’euros. Toujours mercredi, David Cameron s’est entretenu avec son homologue roumain, Dacian Ciolos. L’occasion pour ce dernier d’affirmer que Bucarest souhaitait que la Grande Bretagne reste au sein de l’UE – chose bénéfique aussi bien pour Londres que pour Bruxelles. La visite du premier ministre britannique à Bucarest fait partie d’une tournée qui l’a également mené en Bulgarie et en Pologne. Ces visites se déroulent sur la toile de fond des négociations pour la reconfiguration de la relation du Royaume Uni avec les Etats de l’UE et alors que Londres prépare un référendum relatif à son appartenance à l’UE. Le Royaume Uni souhaite réformer l’Union pour répondre aux intérêts britanniques, notamment pour ce qui est de la libre circulation en général et de la circulation de la main d’œuvre en particulier. La Roumanie, tout comme la Pologne exclut toute limitation de la liberté de circulation, qui est un principe fondamental pour l’UE. La plupart des ressortissants roumains de Grande Bretagne sont très bien intégrés et contribuent par des taxes et impôts à l’économie de leur pays d’accueil, a encore souligné le président roumain Klaus Iohannis.

Budget – Le cabinet de Bucarest a approuvé mercredi dans le cadre de sa réunion hebdomadaire le projet de budget 2016. L’éducation, la santé, la défense et le ministère de l’Intérieur recevront le plus d’argent l’année prochaine, alors que les budgets les ministères du travail et des Transports seront réduits. Le document a été conçu conformément à un niveau maximal du déficit de 3% du PIB, tel qu’il est admis par l’UE, et à une croissance économique estimée à 4%. Les calculs indiquent une hausse des recettes budgétaires de 800 millions d’euros par rapport à cette année, tandis que les dépenses, majorées de 2,9 milliards d’euros, devraient couvrir aussi les mesures d’allègement fiscal déjà approuvées. Le projet du budget d’Etat a fait par la suite l’objet d’un débat public qui a réuni pour la première fois les membres de l’Exécutif, des représentants d’ONG et des citoyens.

Défense – Le président roumain Klaus Iohannis a convoqué pour jeudi une réunion du Conseil Suprême de Défense du Pays pour débattre entre autres des sujets liés à la Stratégie nationale de Défense de la Roumanie 2015 – 2019 et du plan d’utilisation des forces armées roumaines qui seront envoyées l’année prochaine dans des missions et opérations à l’étranger. Ce sera également l’occasion d’examiner les mesures prises par la Roumanie afin de mettre en œuvre les régimes des sanctions internationales, et le Rapport visant le Système National de Prévention et de lutte contre le terrorisme. La dernière réunion en date du Conseil Suprême de Défense du Pays a eu lieu le 17 Septembre.

Corruption – Les députés roumains ont approuvé mercredi la demandes de la Direction nationale anti-corruption de placer en détention provisoire le député libéral Ioan Oltean. En même temps, une demande similaire visant le député libéral, Catalin Teodorescu, a été rejetée. Les deux élus sont accusés de corruption dans un dossier relatif à des dédommagements illégaux d’environ 24 millions d’euros accordés à un homme d’affaires de l’Autorité chargée des restitutions.

Euro – La Roumanie pourra passer aussi vite que possible à l’euro à condition d’être bien préparée en ce sens, c’est à dire avoir un degré élevé de convergence réelle, qui puisse être continué après l’adhésion à la monnaie unique, a affirmé le gouverneur de la Banque nationale de Roumanie, Mugur Isarescu. A son avis, le processus de passage à l’euro n’est pas uniquement de nature technique, c’est aussi un processus politique qui suppose un engagement ferme de la part de tous les partis représentatifs. Pour ce qui est du moment de l’adhésion, le gouverneur de la banque centrale de Roumanie constate qu’il est inefficace de fixer une date- cible ; ce serait mieux pour Bucarest d’établir une feuille de route qui soit acceptée par consensus national avant de décider sur une date butoir d’adhésion à la zone euro. Antérieurement, le conseiller présidentiel Leonard Orban affirmait que la Roumanie devrait adopter au plus vite la monnaie unique européenne vu qu’en 2018 il est possible que la zone euro prenne des décisions qui rendent plus difficile l’accès à d’autre pays se trouvent à l’extérieur de la zone euro. A présent Bucarest vise à adhérer à la zone euro en 2019, mais que selon de nombreuses voix cette cible n’est plus réaliste.

Météo – Dans les 24 prochaines heures le ciel sera plutôt couvert en Roumanie, toutefois on n’attend que des précipitations isolées. Les températures maximales iront de 1 à 8 degrés.

9 December 2015
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Der britische Premierminister, David Cameron ist am Mittwoch in Bukarest von dem rumänischen Staatspräsidenten Klaus Iohannis empfangen worden. Die beiden hatten Gespräche über die Vertiefung der bilateralen strategischen Partnerschaft. Dabei hob Präsident Iohannis den Militär- und Sicherheitsbereich als besonders wichtig hervor. Auch am Mittwoch kam David Cameron mit Regierungschef Dacian Ciolos zusammen. Dieser sagte, dass Bukarest den Verbleib Gro‎ßbritanniens in der Europäischen Union wünscht, was sowohl für Brüssel als auch für London von Vorteil sei. Vor Rumänien besuchte der britische Premierminister in Bulgarien und Polen. Gro‎ßbritannien verhandelt gerade seine Beziehungen zur EU neu, während Vorbereitungen für ein Referendum zum Verbleib des Landes in der Union laufen. Kernpunkte sind dabei die Freizügigkeiten, insbesondere die Arbeitnehmerfreizügigkeit. Rumänien schlie‎ßt wie auch Polen jede Einschränkung der Freizügigkeit als Grundprinzip der EU aus.

Die rumänische Regierung hat am Mittwoch den Haushalt für das kommende Jahr verabschiedet. Dieser soll nun dem Parlament vorgelegen. Laut Haushaltsentwurf stehen dem Staat nächstes Jahr um 3,6 Milliarden Lei – umgerechnet etwa 0,8 Milliarden Euro – höhere Einnahmen zur Verfügung. Die Ausgaben werden 2016 um etwa 13 Milliarden Lei (etwa 2,9 Milliarden Euro) höher als 2015 ausfallen. Somit würde ein Ausgleich für die beschlossenen Ma‎ßnahmen zur finanzpolitischen Entspannung geschaffen. Der Staatshaushalt 2016 basiert auf einem Defizit von 2,8% des BIP und auf einem Wirtschaftswachstum von 4,1%. Nach der Billigung des Staatshaushalts fand eine öffentliche Debatte diesbezüglich statt. Zum ersten Mal wurden dabei au‎ßer den Exekutivemitgliedern, Vertreter einiger Nichtregierungsorganisationen und Bürger eingeladen.

Rumäniens Präsident Klaus Iohannis hat für Donnerstag eine Sitzung des Obersten Landesverteidigungsrates einberufen. Auf der Agenda stehen, unter anderen, Themen betreffend die Nationalstrategie zur Verteidigung Rumäniens im Zeitraum 2015 – 2019 und den Einsatzplan der rumänischen Armeekräfte, die kommendes Jahr in Auslandsmissionen entsandt werden sollen. Au‎ßerdem werden die Mitglieder des Obersten Verteidigungsrates die Ma‎ßnahmen bewerten, die Rumänien zur Umsetzung der internationalen Strafwesen gebilligt hat, sowie den Bericht über das Landeswesen zur Vorbeugung und Bekämpfung des Terrorismus. Die letzte Sitzung des Obersten Landesverteidigungsrates fand am 17. September statt.

Rumänien kann nach Angaben von Zentralbankchef Mugur Isarescu baldmöglichst der Eurozone beitreten — Voraussetzung sei jedoch, dass das Land gut vorbereitet ist und ein hohes Ma‎ß an Realkonvergenz erreicht und sich auch nach der Einführung des Euro weiterentwickelt. Die Umstellung auf den Euro sei kein rein technischer, sondern ein politischer Pozess, der von sämtlichen relevanten Akteueren ein festes Engagement verlangt. Auch sei es unwirksam, wie bislang Termine für die Übernahme des Euro zu setzen — es sei vielmehr richtig, einen Fahrplan zu erstellen, sagte Isarescu. Präsidialberater Leonard Orban hatte zuvor gesagt, dass Rumänien so schnell wie möglich den Euro als Währung einführen sollte, da ab 2018 die Eurozone möglicherweise Ma‎ßnahmen treffen kann, die einen Beitritt erschweren. Im Moment lautet der Wunschtermin für den Beitritt zur Eurozone auf 2019.

Der liberale Spitzenpolitiker und Abgeordnete Ioan Oltean darf in Untersuchungsjaft genommen werden. Einem entsprechenden Antrag der Staatsanwaltschaft gab das Abgeordnetenhaus in Bukarest am frühen Mittwochnachmittag statt. Die Abgeordneten wiesen jedoch einen ähnlichen Antrag gegen seinen Parteikollegen Cătălin Teodorescu ab. Die beiden stehen unter Korruptionsverdacht in einem Verfahren zu illegalen Rückerstattungen von Vermögen, in dem eine frühere Amtsleiterin der für Rückerstattugen zuständigen Behörde sowie ein Geschäftsmann bereits in U-Haft sitzen. Die Höhe des Vermögens beläuft sich auf umgerechnet 24 Millionen Euro.

9 December 2015
08.12.2015 (mise à jour)

Commission- Les commissions parlementaires réunies chargées des Affaires européennes ont donné mardi leur avis favorable au mandat qui autorisera la participation du premier ministre roumain, Dacian Ciolos à la réunion du Conseil européen des 17 et 18 décembre, à Bruxelles. L’initiative de proposer Dacian Ciolos pour représenter la Roumanie appartient au chef de l’Etat. Pour sa part, le chef du gouvernement a déclaré avoir proposé aux membres des deux commissions parlementaires de se réunir pour examiner des questions européennes, vue que parmi les priorités du gouvernement figurent les préparatifs de l’agenda roumain en vue de sa présidence à la tête du Conseil de l’UE en 2019.

Migrants – Le chef de l’Etat roumain, Klaus Iohannis, aura mercredi, à Bucarest, une entrevue avec le premier ministre britannique, David Cameron, suivie d’une conférence de presse commune. Le responsable britannique fait une visite en Roumanie au cours de laquelle il rencontrera aussi le chef du cabinet roumain, Dacian Ciolos. Les pourparlers porteront principalement sur la question des migrants. Avant cette visite, le premier ministre roumain a affirmé que dans l’actuel contexte où Londres se trouve sur la route d’un référendum visant son avenir au sein de l’UE, Bucarest considère que l’appartenance de la Grande Bretagne à l’UE serait bénéfique aussi bien pour Londres que pour Bruxelles.

Visite- Le président de la Chambre des députés de Roumanie, Valeriu Zgonea, a entrepris mardi une visite officielle au Monténégro durant laquelle il a insisté sur le soutien accordé par Bucarest au parcours européen et otanien de ce pays. Selon un communiqué officiel, Zgonea a été reçu par le président monténégrin, Filip Vujanovic et a eu des discussions avec le chef du Parlement monténégrin, Ranko Krivokapic. A l’occasion de cette visite, Valeriu Zgonea a déclaré que par son adhésion, le Monténégro apportera une valeur ajoutée à l’OTAN.

OCEMN- En sa qualité de président en exercice de l’Organisation de coopération économique de la Mer Noire, le chef de la diplomatie roumaine, Lazar Comanescu, a reçu mardi la visite du secrétaire général du Secrétariat international permanent de l’OCEMN, Michael Christides. Cette visite intervient quelques jours avant la réunion du Conseil des Ministres des Affaires étrangères des pays membres de l’OCEMN prévu le 11 décembre prochain. L’occasion pour Bucarest de dresser le bilan de son activité à la tête de l’organisation. Selon un communiqué officiel, les pourparlers entre Comanescu et Christides ont porté notamment sur des thèmes d’actualité à l’agenda de l’OCEMN et sur la façon dont la présidence roumaine à la tête de l’organisation a-t-elle contribué au renforcement de la coopération économique régionale.

Propagande- Les procureurs roumains ont arrêté ce mardi un adolescent roumain soupçonné de propagande djihadiste. Le jeune, un lycéen âgé de 17 ans originaire de Craiova, aurait posté sur des réseaux de socialisation des messages de soutien pour l’organisation terroriste EI. Il s’agit apparemment du premier citoyen roumain arrêté par les autorités sous l’accusation de propagande djihadiste. Neuf citoyens étrangers ont été jusqu’ici expulsés de Roumanie pour des activités proches de mouvements ou idéologies terroristes. Plus de 240 citoyens du Moyen Orient se sont vu refuser l’accès sur le territoire roumain, informe le Service roumain de Renseignement.

Chisinau- Si un référendum avait lieu le dimanche prochain en République de Moldova, seulement 21% de ses citoyens voteraient en faveur de l’union avec la Roumanie, selon un baromètre d’opinion réalisé à la demande de l’Institut des Politiques Publiques de Chisinau avec le soutien de la Fondation Soros. Les résultats au sondage interviennent dans le contexte où les organisations unionistes et plusieurs responsables politiques ont invoqué l’idée d’une union avec la Roumanie comme une solution à la crise que traverse actuellement la République de Moldova. Selon un sondage d’opinion élaboré en été dernier, 68% des Roumains sont d’accord avec l’union avec la République voisine d’ici 2018.

Météo – Températures à la
baisse en Roumanie, où le ciel est plutôt couvert. Le vent soufflera
légèrement. Les maximales vont de 0 à 9
degrés.

8 December 2015
December 8, 2015 UPDATE

The President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis will be receiving the British PM David Cameron on Wednesday. The meeting will be followed by a joint press conference. The British PM is making a visit to Romania, during which he is also to meet the Romanian PM Dacian Cioloş. The talks will tackle, among others, the migrant crisis. Prior to the visit, the Romanian PM said that, in the context of London preparing a referendum with respect to Britains EU membership, Bucharest thinks the UK staying in the EU would be beneficial to both London and Brussels.

A 17-year old from the southern Romanian city of Craiova, suspected of jihadist propaganda, was taken for questioning by Romanian prosecutors on Tuesday. The high-school student has allegedly posted support messages for the IS group. This is apparently the first Romanian citizen taken into custody under suspicion of jihadist propaganda. So far 9 foreign citizens have been expelled from the country for activities related to terrorist ideologies or movements. Another over 240 Middle East citizens have been denied access to the country, according to the Romanian Intelligence Service.

The Committees for European Affairs in the two Parliament Chambers Tuesday approved the mandate of the Romanian PM Dacian Cioloş for the European Council meeting of December 17 and 18. The idea of Romania being represented by its prime minister came from the President Klaus Iohannis. In this context, the PM said he suggested a meeting of the two parliamentary committees, focusing on European affairs, given that one of the priorities of his Cabinet is to start preparing Romanias agenda for the presidency of the EU Council in 2019.

While on an official visit to Montenegro, the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies in the Romanian Parliament Valeriu Zgonea emphasised Romanias support for the national objectives of that country, namely the EU and NATO integration. According to a news release, Zgonea was received by the President of Montenegro, Filip Vujanovic, and had talks with the Parliament Speaker, Ranko Krivokapic. On this occasion, Zgonea said Montenegros NATO accession will be a valuable gain for the Alliance.

The Romanian Foreign Minister, Lazăr Comănescu, in his capacity as sitting president of the Organisation of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation, Tuesday received the Secretary General of the International Permanent International Secretariat of the BSEC, Michael Christides. The visit takes place in the context of the conclusion of Romanias presidency of the organisation, in December, and ahead of the meeting of the Council of BSEC Foreign Ministers, due on December 11 in Bucharest. According to a news release, the topics of the talks included key issues on the agenda of the organisation and the contribution of Romanias current BSEC presidency term to fostering regional economic cooperation.

The USA will never recognise Russias annexation of Crimea and will continue to apply sanctions against Russia and against Vladimir Putin personally, until the last occupant leaves Ukraines Donbas, the US vice-president Joe Biden said in Kyiv on Tuesday. In an address to the Ukrainian Parliament, Biden also said the president of the Russian Federation was afraid Ukraine might become a successful state and the people in the east of the country, temporarily occupied, will no longer want to be a part of the Russian world. During his visit to Kyiv, Biden announced the US will grant Ukraine additional assistance, amounting to roughly 200 million US dollars.

(translation by: Ana-Maria Popescu)

8 December 2015
October 19, 2015 UPDATE

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis will meet on Tuesday in Bucharest with a delegation of the International Monetary Fund. The IMF representatives have already discussed with Romanian Finance Ministry officials about the state budget for 2016. Last week, Finance Minister Eugen Teodorovici said he considered the possibility of signing a new accord with the IMF. As of 2009 and up to present Romania has forged three consecutive loan agreements with the IMF and the EU. The last one expired last month.

British Prime Minister David Cameron presented on Monday his governments counter-extremism strategy, designed to tackle fanatics and hate preachers and restrict their activities. According to this new strategy, parents of children aged 16 and 17 have the power to request the cancellation of passports if they suspect their children are under the influence of extremists. Also, anyone with a conviction or civil order for extremist activity will be automatically barred from working with children and vulnerable people. British police estimate that at least 700 people from the UK have travelled to support or fight for jihadist organisations in Syria and Iraq such as Islamic State.

Romania’s Senate ratified on Monday an Accord on the reimbursable loan of 150 million euros granted to the neighbouring Republic of Moldova, an ex-Soviet state with a majority Romanian-speaking population. Romanian senators unanimously voted in favor of the Accord, which had already been green-lighted by deputies. Moldova needs Romania’s financial assistance to finance its budget deficit estimated at 3.8% of the GDP in 2015. The Republic of Moldova is shaken by a huge scandal as its former Prime Minister, Vlad Filat, has been arrested for his alleged direct involvement in the disappearance, from the banking system, of 1 billion dollars.

The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received Romania’s Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu on Monday in Ramallah. The two officials discussed about the current situation in the Middle East and the possibility for peace talks between Palestinians and Israelis to be resumed. Previously, the Romanian official visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem, whose representatives voiced appreciation at the measures taken by Romania to combat anti-Semitism. In Israel, Aurescu met with the country’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to discuss ways to consolidate bilateral ties and cooperation in various fields such as investment, energy, tourism and agriculture.

The Romanian Senate passed the postal voting bill on Monday. The bill was supported by both the Social Democrats, in power, and the Liberal opposition. The postal voting system will be used in the parliamentary, presidential and European elections and only applies to Romanian citizens residing or living abroad. The bill has been sent for approval to the Chamber of Deputies, as the Parliaments decision-making body.

19 October 2015
May 8, 2015 UPDATE

In Romania, Europe Day, celebrated on May 9, when the first step was taken towards the establishment of what is today the European Union — is marked with concerts and arts or sports events. In the capital city Bucharest, 16 underground stations have been redesigned to represent European Union member countries, more than 50 films are taking part in the European Film Festival, and 160 NGOs, institutions and companies take part in a festival called ONGFest. The events have been organised jointly with the European Commission Representation in Romania. On the other hand, France, UK, Poland and Germany celebrated 70 years since the end of World War II. Attending the ceremony in Poland was also the President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis. Together with the President of Poland, Bronisław Komorowski, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the president of the European Commission Donald Tusk, and other senior politicians, the head of the Romanian state took part in a ceremony in Gdańsk, the town where WW II broke out, in September 1939, and where the Solidarity social movement was born.

The Romanian ambassador to Islamabad, who was in the helicopter that crashed on Friday in Pakistan, has suffered slight injuries but is safe, the Romanian Foreign Ministry announced. A Pakistani military helicopter crashed in northern Pakistan on Friday morning, killing 7 people, including the ambassadors of Norway and the Philippines.

The acting British PM David Cameron was received by Queen Elizabeth II, ahead of forming the new government, after the Conservatives won the largest number of seats in Parliament in Thursday’s elections in the UK. The Conservatives have won more than half of the 650 seats in the House of Commons, which enables them to form the new government alone. After the visit to Buckingham Palace, David Cameron announced he would organise a referendum on the UK’s EU membership, as he had promised during the campaign. Labour leader Ed Miliband conceded defeat and stepped down as president of the Labour Party. A major victory was reported for the Scottish National Party, which has won 56 out of the 59 seats for Scotland.

8 May 2015
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BUKAREST: Der britische Premierminister David Cameron hat den neugewählten rumänischen Präsidenten Klaus Iohannis in einem Brief beglückwünscht. Iohannis habe im Wahlkampf für die Korruptionsbekämpfung, eine höhere Verantwortung und eine bessere Transparenz bei wichtigen Entscheidungen plädiert, hei‎ßt es auf der Facebook-Seite der britischen Botschaft in Rumänien. Gro‎ßbritannien sei bereit, den neuen Staatschef bei seinen Bestrebungen und dem Erreichen der angekündigten Ma‎ßnahmen zu unterstützen, so der Wortlaut des Schreibens an Klaus Iohannis. Ferner sehe der britische Premierminister einer Zusammenarbeit mit dem neuen Präsidenten Rumäniens innerhalb der EU mit Interesse entgegen. Dabei sollte man auf gemeinsame Herausforderungen wie die Ukraine-Krise und die notwendigen Reformen in der Union antworten können, hei‎ßt es in dem Brief abschlie‎ßend.

BUKAREST: Das rumänische Verfassungsgericht hat am Dienstag die Wiederaufnahme der Unvereinbarkeitsverfahren gegen Kommunalpolitiker für kommende Woche angesetzt. Rumäniens neugewählter Präsident Klaus Iohannis wird sich Anfang 2015 wegen eines möglichen Interessenkonflikts vor dem obersten Gericht des Landes verantworten müssen. Dem bisherigen Bürgermeister des siebenbürgischen Sibiu (Hermannstadt) droht in diesem zivilrechtlichen Verfahren ein Verbot, drei Jahre lang öffentliche Ämter auszuüben. Eine erste Instanz hatte ihn allerdings freigesprochen. Iohannis hat als Bürgermeister seine Stadt in den Aktionärsversammlungen zweier Firmen vertreten, deren Miteigentümer die Stadtverwaltung ist. Rumäniens Nationale Agentur für Integrität (ANI) sieht darin einen gesetzeswidrigen Interessenkonflikt. Iohannis war am 16. November zum Staatspräsidenten gewählt worden. Offiziell tritt er sein Amt am 22. Dezember an.

BUKAREST: Die rumänische Regietrung und die Vertreter des Internationalen Währungsfonds IWF, der Weltbank und der Europäischen Kommission haben sich grundsätzlich über den Haushalt 2015 geeinigt. Laut Ministerpräsident Victor Ponta wurde ein Haushaltsdefizit von 1,83% des BIP vereinbart. Der rumänische Regierungschef versicherte zudem, dass das kommende Jahr den Rumänen keine zusätzlichen Steuern oder Gebühren bringen werde. Die bereits existierenden Ma‎ßnahmen im wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Bereich seien bereits in den Haushalt 2015 aufgenommen worden, so Ponta. Das eingeschätzte Wirtschaftswachstum 2015 liegt bei 2,5% des BIP, wie im Jahr 2014. Aufgrund der am Dienstag erreichten Einigung wird der Haushaltsentwurf für das kommende Jahr finalisiert, so dass am 21. Dezember das Parlament darüber abstimmen kann, sagte Victor Ponta noch. Im Januar 2015 wird die Delegation der internationalen Kreditgeber erneut in Bukarest erwartet.

BUKAREST: Experten der Europäischen Kommission evaluieren in Bukarest die Fortschritte Rumäniens im Justizbereich. Themen der Gespräche sind die Bekämpfung der Korruption, die Aufhebung der parlamentarischen Immunität und der gesetzliche Rahmen in puncto Befangenheit. Seit 2003 wird am 9. Dezember der Welt-Anti-Korruptions-Tag begangen. Damals wurde das Übereinkommen der Vereinten Nationen gegen Korruption in Mérida (Mexiko) unterzeichnet. Er ist eine jährliche Veranstaltung der UN, also gefördert von den Vereinten Nationen mit dem Ziel, das Bewusstsein für Korruption und damit zusammenhängende Fragen zu verstärken, und die Menschen, die Korruption in ihren Gemeinden und Regierungen bekämpfen, aufzuzeigen. Mit diesem Anla‎ß richteten die diplomatischen Vertretungen der Vereinigten Staaten, Grossbritanniens und der Niederlande eine gemeinsame Unterstützungsbotschaft an Rumänien; dabei werden die Fortschritte Rumäniens in den 25 Jahren der Demokratie hervorgehoben. Jedoch sollten sich die Rumänen mehr am öffentlichen und politischen Leben beteiligen, um den Rechsstaat zu konsolidieren, steht noch in der erwähnten Botschaft.

9 December 2014