Romania's chief negotiator with the EU Vasile Puscas has responded to calls for the EU to suspend membership talks with his country, branding them "radical".
The minister delegate comes after a euro-parliamentarian suggested talks be suspended following concern that Bucharest is not implementing the judicial reforms necessary to satisfy EU membership criteria.
Romania has been rocked in recent weeks by a scandal over Romanian orphans being sent to Italy, in spite of a ban on su...
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