A tame EU report

The daily Gândul views the EU's progress report on Romania as very benevolent: "Many critical remarks directed at the Romanian authorities have completely disappeared [from the report], without anything positive having happened in Romania. The threat to tie accession to the Schengen zone to reform of the justice system has gone, for example. ... The government in Bucharest has benefited from the current political context: the changing of the political guard in Brussels occasioned by the elections to the European parliament. When it comes to politics, everything is ultimately a deal. The votes of the Romanian MEPs will be crucial in the autumn when [Commission President] José Manuel Barroso will be seeking to renew his mandate as President of the European Commission. ... At this moment it should be more evident to the Romanians than ever that Bucharest's policies and bureaucracy, even if they are not viewed favourably by Europe, will actually be accepted and tolerated."

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