EC's Juncker tells PM Dancila he trusts Romanian judiciary

The President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday told the Romanian Prime minister Viorica Dancila on her two-day official visit in Brussels that he "trusts very much Romania's judiciary" and that he is not necessarily "very worried" about the situation in our country.

Quizzed in a joint news conference at the end of his meting with PM Dancila which were concretely the talks with Viorica Dancila as regards the Judiciary and the rule of law in Romania, and which were the assurances on behalf of the Romanian gov't head that there will not be slippages exactly because Romania needs the CVM lifted by the end of Juncker's mandate at the head of the EC, president Juncker said he has talked with the Romanian government's head "very amicably" and that he told her "that in certain areas in Romania, there should not be given the impression that the rule of law, in some of its components, could be under threat."

I told Ms. Prime minister that I very much trust the judiciary in Romania, Juncker asserted. Issues exist in several countries of the EU regarding the strict enforcement of the rule of law's regulations. Obviously, I have called upon this matter, but I'm not necessarily very worried about the situation in Romania. I know that Romania's President is dealing with this, too, which is why the judiciary works and Ms. Prime minister is very fond of the rule of law regulations and the rule of law, Jean-Claude Juncker specified.

In her turn, Prime minister Dancila stressed that she believes "in the freedom of justice, in the rule of law, in the fact that one must fight against corruption."

"I told Mr. President [Juncker, ed. n.] that when there is any doubt, we must talk punctually, not generally, to solve out or set things right what is unsatisfactory at European level. And I believe that this - a punctual cooperation regarding the things that are not satisfactory, and not generally, can only be beneficial both for Romania and for the briefing of the European bodies," Viorica Dancila stressed.