Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos conveyed his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte Wednesday that the Romanian society is capable of assuming "without being monitored externally" the fight against corruption and judicial independence, Agerpres reports.
"I have had today time during this lunch, to go into detail about the political situation in Romania, the economic stability that we have, about the maturation of the Romanian society which is able to take on its own, without being monitored from the outside certain responsibilities, including the fight against corruption and judicial independence. Romanian society has already shown that lately and this kind of arguments are important too in the position that our European partners will take, including regarding this kind of political decisions (- integration into the Schengen Area), "said Ciolos in his joint press conference with Mark Rutte.
The Romanian Prime Minister said, related to perception of Netherlands regarding Romania's progress on CVM and Schengen, that the high-level dialogue between the two countries is extremely important to give Romanian authorities the opportunity to better explain the realities of Romania.
"I think this kind of dialogue that has not been held for many years at a high level at prime minister level, is important because it allows us to explain what are the new realities of Romania. Often, decisions in Brussels or in some Member States are based on analyzes which are superficial and are not always based on knowledge of local realities, "said Ciolos.
In his turn, Prime Minister Mark Rutte has shown that the January CVM report of the European Commission '"found that there have been important steps" towards judicial reform and the fight against corruption.