Tag: Romania
#Romania has a lot of work to do at home and in Brussels say #Greens
At the start of the Romanian Presidency of the EU Council, Philippe Lamberts (pictured), president of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament said: “There is little time left in this legislature but a lot of work to do. Dublin reform, climate protection, CO2 emissions from cars and trucks, the protection of whistleblowers, tax justice, […]
#JunckerPlan supports #WomenEntrepreneurs in #Romania
The Investment Plan for Europe – the Juncker Plan – is backing a €22.3 million European Investment Bank (EIB) loan to Garanti Bank Romania, to support some 260 Romanian small and medium businesses. A part of this loan will be dedicated to facilitating access to finance for businesses run by women, to support female entrepreneurship […]
#Romania2019 – MEPs expect focus on budget and future EU
Romania took over the rotating presidency of the Council on 1 January, for the first time since joining the EU in 2007. Romanian MEPs told us what they are expecting. For its six-month term, Romania has set out the following priorities: Stimulate EU growth; improve conditions for competiveness; strengthen internal security; promote European common values […]
#StateAid – Commission refers #Romania to Court for failure to recover illegal aid worth up to €92 million
The European Commission has decided to refer Romania to the European Court of Justice for failing to fully recover illegal state aid worth up to €92 million from Viorel and Ioan Micula and their group of companies, as required by a Commission decision of 2015. An arbitral award of December 2013 (Micula v Romania) found […]
#DontBeAMule – More than 1,500 #MoneyMules identified in worldwide #MoneyLaundering sting
Working together with Europol, Eurojust and the European Banking Federation (EBF), police forces from over 20 States arrested 168 people (so far) as part of a coordinated money laundering crackdown, the European Money Mule Action (EMMA). This international swoop, the fourth of its kind, was intended to tackle the issue of ‘money mules’, who […]
European Commission refuses to face up to the truth about Romania
Faced with the rise of authoritarian populism, the EU has struggled to fulfil its mandate as a guardian of democratic standards adopted in the 1990s as a precondition for enlargement to the east, writes David Clark. Enforcement measures initiated against Hungary and Poland earlier this year come fully eight years after Viktor Orban began his […]
European Commission under fire for CVM Report on #Romania
The opinion of the Romanian Constitutional Court is now expected to be delivered on 12th December. But in the meanwhile concerns have been expressed that the European Commission’s CVM Report on Romania failed to address a number of key issues, writes James Wilson. For example, this year has seen a Romanian parliamentary inquiry unearth 65 […]
