European Commissioner for Regional Policy, Corina Cretu said Wednesday, following the adoption by the European Commission of the progress report of Romania under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism, that "Romania must take this report as an encouragement to continue the consolidation of the rule of law ". "I welcome the appreciation of first Vice-President (Frans) Timmermans that Romania is on the right track. The fact that Romanians trust in justice is increased evidence that the mechanism achieves the objectives for which it was created. Romania must take this report as an encouragement to continue in the consolidation of the rule of law. In this process, cohesion funds can play an important role in enhancing the institutional capacity to fight corruption, "said Commissioner Corina Cretu.
The European Commission published on Wednesday the CVM report on Romania, First Deputy CE, Frans Timmermans, stated that Bucharest is on the right track.
The report identifies the progress made by Romania in terms of the CVM objectives stating that consensus must be maintained on reforms and their continuation.
"Romania is on track and should remain this way. Fighting corruption remains the biggest challenge and the biggest priority. We welcome the progress made over the past year, which will be confirmed in 2015," said EC Prime Vice-President, Frans Timmermans, who manages to CVM reports.