Romanian counter-report is dangerous

The Romanian president Traian Băsescu finds EU Commission's progress report "hard but fair", however he criticises it as "imbalanced". The Bucharest government therefore plans to write its own report in the hope that the EU Commission will then revise its progress report. A dangerous idea, the blog Voxpublica warns: "Just imagine if the EU states were to take the counter-report seriously, rather than the Commission's. That would set a dangerous precedent that discredits the EU Commission. Traian Băsescu has tried to make it clear that the counter-report is bound up with Romania's wish to join the Schengen area [next year]. We'll force our way in with a counterattack, you see! That's a bad idea because it means we're accusing the Commission and the Union of having hidden intentions. … Hopefully Traian Băsescu will realise that if he puts his idea into practice Romania could earn the reputation of being a country that tries to discredit the Union's work."

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