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"en.20120912.21.3-319-000"2
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"Mr President, we in the outside world have been watching the soap opera taking place in Romania for months now: one politician after another has been accused of corruption, fraud and other shady dealings. Romania is currently projecting an image of itself as a banana republic. But we knew that already. Romanian politicians would certainly not win any prizes for decisive action or transparency of government.
However, these are Romanian problems; this is who the Romanian electorate are voting for year after year. The country might be in a mess, but it is their mess, their own sovereign choice. The European Union must stand apart from internal political struggles and elections. The European Commission is constantly overstepping its remit by imposing EU dictates on to sovereign states. As soon as there are elections in sovereign countries, the Eurocrats start tumbling over themselves to interfere. They often resort to using EU commissioners from the relevant countries for that purpose.
In the Netherlands, Ms Kroes had occasion to promote her Europhile drivel in the press and, in Finland, Mr Rehn was never far away, either. In Romania, Mr Reding and Mr Barroso found it necessary to interfere with domestic affairs. This is unacceptable behaviour for non-elected officials who should not interfere with democratic processes in sovereign countries."@en1
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