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Reform of the justice system and discipline at all political levels are necessary for Romania and the EU’s future, argues Mats Aberg, Swedish Ambassador
Having travelled from Egypt to Vietnam, Spain to Norway and from Laos to Russia, Swedish Ambassador Mats Aberg is a man who knows a little bit of everything and a great deal about many things.
Following the results of the referendum to impeach the President, which ended in the return of Traian Basescu to power, Aberg hopes that all politicians, including the President and other parties, will have “the good sense to learn something and to strengthen the discipline of working for Romania.” The Ambassador has a good opinion about Romanian politicians, who he says are ‘not stupid’.
But Aberg is dissatisfied by the slowing down of the reform in the justice system. If attempts to rebuild the judicial system fail, the EU could enact a safeguard clause by 2010. This means that decisions made by the Romanian justice system will not be recognised by the EU, less EU cash for Romania and an effective “exile” from EU justice decisions for the country. This is a humiliating situation for an EU state.
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