Iohannis (r) welcomes Juncker in Bucharest's Controceni palace. He wants to conclude May's Sibiu summit with a political declaration on how the EU will look like after the European elections (Photo: European Commission)

EU warns Romania over corruption amnesty

EU Political

by Eszter Zalan, Bucharest,

EU commission president Jean-Claude Juncker on Friday (11 January) warned the Romanian government not to press ahead with a planned law that would grant amnesty for corruption offences, undermining such EU "essentials", such as rule of law.

"It would be a step backwards," Juncker told reporters at a press conference with Romanian president Klaus Iohannis.

The planned law would decriminalise some forms of corruption and grant an amnesty to offenders.

Juncker also urged Roma...

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Author Bio

Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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