Political divisions and rifts are becoming more acute as Romania prepares to take over the EU presidency.
Romanian officials slammed the European Union for treating their country as « second-rate, » while Bucharest prepares to take over the EU’s rotating presidency, a report by the Associated Press said Monday.
Mihai Fifor, a Romanian Social Democrat leader, criticized EU officials, including current European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, for their remarks about Romania.
« Romania is under special [EU] monitoring. Romania is treated like a second-rate nation by some EU officials, » Fifor wrote Sunday, adding that Romania « will no longer take being scolded or sanctioned for things that happen everywhere in Europe. »
Romania is under special monitoring over long-time charges of corruption and concerns about the rule of law, the AP report says.
