President Traian Băsescu participated Friday in the second working session of the European Council in Brussels.
Here are the president’s most important statements:
The European Council has had three main statements: the economic policy and the of a finding co-decision on Wednesday on the Banking and Supervision Mechanism, security and defense policy with a focus on the defense industry and Syria.
Some messages drawn from the conclusions: The Economic and Monetary Union needs to be strengthened. The EU leaders have decided that we are moving forward with the EU integration process.
Another message of the findings relate to budgetary discipline. Budgets must be directed towards investments, national budgets should consider the investment spending growth.
A very important message was reiterated related to the fact that there are countries such as Romania who enforced extremely tough policies within the period 2010 – 2012 to re-set the macro-economic imbalances. These states could get into the situation where, although they fit in the Stability and Growth Pact parameters , I am referring to the deficit, it will be one below 3%, although they met the Pact’s parameter they do not have resources for investments to generate a more accentuated growth. Then, the EU could intervene with its own resources, so that as long as you are under the 3% deficits they could bring more investments resources. But that it should meet the Pact’s parameters.
It is an element capable of helping the countries that have made consisted adjustment efforts to generate growth through financial resources from the EU. For example, the broadband internet.
In Romania, smaller banks will be supervised by the central bank. There will be banks supervised by the BCE.
The Elections were held normally, the result is not altered by the incidents of the campaign.
It was decided that the JHA Council on 13 to 15 March to take into discussion the Schengen issue (...) If we do not commit any craziness at home, the accession decision will be taken.