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15:04, 04.11.2019

Action plan to be drawn to help Romania meet judiciary reform benchmarks

The dismissed Minister of Justice, Ana Birchall, has said that at a meeting of the commission in charge with the Co-operation an Verification Mechanism (CVM), under which Romania's progress with judiciary reform…




10:46, 29.10.2019

ALDE's Tariceanu calls CVM biased, urges it being lifted

National leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) Calin Popescu-Tariceanu says the European Union should stop monitoring Romania's progress with judiciary reform and the fight against high-level…




14:56, 23.10.2019

Seven judiciary officials say all three state powers should pledge to implement CVM recommendations

Seven members of the Supreme Council of Magistracy (CSM) are saying it is imperative that all the three state powers take responsibility for the implementation of all the recommendations in the latest report on…




20:37, 22.10.2019

UPDATE/JusMin Birchall: CVM Report is critical; only two recommendations have been fulfilled

Justice Minister Ana Birchall stated on Tuesday that the European Commission Report regarding the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) is a critical one, showing that only two recommendations have been…




20:26, 22.10.2019

Acting JusMin Birchall to convene CVM committee

Acting Justice Minister Ana Birchall said on Tuesday that she will convene the committee dealing with the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) in an urgent meeting to devise an action plan for the implementation…




18:27, 22.10.2019

CVM Report/ EC Representation chief Buchiu: We would have liked it not to witness any negative steps

The Report on the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) adopted on Tuesday by the College of Commissioners shows that "the key institutions of Romania need to collectively demonstrate a strong commitment…




17:52, 22.10.2019

CVM Report: Evolution on judicial reform, anticorruption fight in first months of 2019 - source of great concern

The evolution of the situation in Romania, the first months of 2019 in terms of judicial system reform and the anticorruption fight was a source of great concern for the Commission, as a result, the European Commission…




14:58, 22.10.2019

Dismissed PM says verification mechanism betrays discrimination against Romania, Bulgaria

Dismissed Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said on Tuesday that the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism (CVM), under which the European Commission verifies Romania's and Bulgaria's progress with judiciary reform…




08:52, 25.07.2019

PM Dancila: I would like better dialogue between Romania's Gov't and European institutions on CVM

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said that, in respect to the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM), she would like a much better dialogue between Romania's Government and the European institutions, pointing…




14:34, 21.07.2019

PM Dancila on EC measures to strengthen the rule of law: A correct approach, it applies to all EU member states

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila stated on Saturday that the European Commission's proposal to endorse a monitoring mechanism of the rule of law in all the European countries represents "a correct approach," taking…




21:05, 16.07.2019

PM Dancila: At EU Council Presidency, Romania confirmed the full member statute; goal to end CVM - legitimate

Romania has confirmed its statute as a full member through exercising the Presidency of the European Union Council, which shows the legitimacy of our country's aspiration to conclude the Co-operation and Verification…




13:35, 10.07.2019

President Iohannis calls critical corruption report 'red card' to Romania's gov't

The compliance report released by the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) on Tuesday is "another red card" to the ruling coalition of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats…




14:14, 04.07.2019

Finland's Ambassador: Idea is to strengthen set of European tools for supporting state of law

The Ambassador of Finland to Romania Marjut Akola said on Thursday that, in the context of his country's takeover of the rotating presidency of the EU Council, one of the objectives of this six-month mandate is…




20:24, 02.07.2019

Acting AG Licu says special section hard to support when appeals cancelled overnight

Acting Attorney General Bogdan Licu said on Tuesday that "it is very difficult" to support a section such as Justice Crime Investigation Section (SIIJ) given that it has cancelled "overnight" appeals in several…




20:24, 02.07.2019

Interim PG Licu on 10 August case transfer:I haven't been consulted,I will confront it;investigation stagnated lately

Interim Prosecutor General Bogdan Licu stated on Tuesday that he hadn't been consulted in respect to the transfer of the 10 August case, from the Military Prosecutor's Office to the Directorate for Investigating…




17:27, 02.07.2019

JusMin Birchall says professional dialogue resumed on Romania's progress under CVM

Romania's Justice Minister Ana Birchall on Tuesday welcomed a delegation of the European Commission on its first mission to Romania this year to assess the progress of the country with judicial reform and the fight…




21:04, 14.05.2019

Iohannis: PSD are the only culprits for the fact that Romania is not in Schengen

President Klaus Iohannis said on Tuesday that the Social Democratic Party (PSD, major at rule, ed.n.) are the only culprits for the fact that Romania is not in the Schengen area and that the Cooperation and Verification…




12:45, 09.05.2019

#Romania2019.eu/ Klaus Iohannis: Soon we'll join Schengen and be free of CVM

Romania will soon join the Schengen Area and will be free of the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM), on Thursday said President Klaus Iohannis, in central Sibiu, in the Big Square ahead of the EU informal…




16:23, 08.05.2019

PM Viorica Dancila asks President Klaus Iohannis to request Romania's accession to Schengen within Sibiu Summit

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila announced on Wednesday that she will ask President Klaus Iohannis to request Romania's accession to Schengen and the lifting of the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) within…




17:35, 20.03.2019

Timmermans and Dancila confirm work on implementation of CVM recommendations has intensified

First Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans and Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila confirmed at the "brief" meeting they had in Brussels on Wednesday that the "work" on the "implementation"…




08:47, 13.03.2019

Senate's Tariceanu: Fighting corruption cannot be achieved with illegal, unconstitutional methods, as has happened in Romania

The fight against corruption must remain in Romania, as in any European state, an element of concern, "but for the institutions", and this fight cannot be carried out "with illegal and unconstitutional methods…




20:03, 11.03.2019

EC's Timmermans says Romania has the responsibility to overcome the CVM phase

Romania has the responsibility to overcome the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) phase, the European Commission's First Vice-President Frans Timmermans told an award ceremony in Bucharest on Monday,…




20:03, 11.03.2019

EC's First Vice-President Timmermans says since publishing of CVM report no progress was recorded

First Vice-President of the European Commission (EC) Frans Timmermans stated on Monday that he didn't see any progress since the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) report was published and he wishes…




22:02, 06.03.2019

Timmermans tells Dancila urgent progress needed regarding all concern-causing matters

First Vice President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans expressed increasing concern regarding the latest developments in matters related to the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) for Romania,…




19:17, 25.02.2019

President Iohannis urges gov't to immediately repeal controversial emergency ordinance

President Klaus Iohannis is urging the government to immediately repeal Emergency Ordinance (OUG) 7/2019 that amends justice legislation, and to implement the recommendations contained in the report by the European…




17:36, 20.02.2019

EC, following with great concern latest developments related rule of law in Romania

The European Commission is following with great concern the latest developments related the rule of law in Romania, a spokesperson for the European Commission said on Wednesday.Both the content and the procedure…




15:03, 11.02.2019

PSD calls on European Commission Representation to be mindful of concerns voiced by magistrates' associations on CVM

The Social Democratic party calls on the European Commission Representation to also be mindful to the concerns voiced by the most representative magistrates' associations in Romania as regards "the erroneous, unreal…




18:38, 08.02.2019

#Romania2019.eu/Jourova on CVM: Keeping dialogue with Romania could help it return to path of changes in correct direction

Keeping dialogue with Romania is important to help this country return to the path of changes in the correct direction, on Friday said the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Vera Jourova,…




20:24, 07.02.2019

European Commission: Timmermans, Dancila agree to relaunch dialogue to implement CVM recommendations

European Commission First Vice President Frans Timmermans and Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila agreed at a meeting in Brussels on Thursday to "relaunch the operational dialogue to implement the recommendations"…




10:42, 07.01.2019

ForMin Melescanu: Imagine a border with Romania outside and Bulgaria inside Schengen

Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Melescanu told Digi 24 private television broadcaster on Sunday that Romania and Bulgaria will most likely join the Schengen area at the same time.  "Romania and Bulgaria…