European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Vera Jourova on Monday said the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) will be kept in 2016, as the recently released report includes both progress registered by Romania and things that still need to be worked on.
“I know that the prime minister and other representatives proposed the gradual reduction, that would lead to the completion of the CVM. I shall not comment upon this aspect now, I only want to say that this year we shall continue to monitor the situation here and next year a decision will be made whether to continue this mechanism or choose another instrument to monitor the situation in Romania,” Jourova said at the European Commission Representation in Bucharest. More…