The officials in Bucharest have tried to minimize the warning of the Romanian ambassador in the EU by saying the avian flu cannot lead to the postponement of the integration. The President of the Romania - EU Mixed Parliamentary Committee, Guido Podesta, is saying quite the contrary.

Yesterday, during a press conference, the Co-President of the Romania - EU Mixed Parliamentary Committee, Italian Guido Podesta, said the never-ending avian flu crisis could lead to the postponement of Romania’s integration in the EU.

SUGGESTION. "The situation is quite serious at present. This emergency has to be solved, because, otherwise, it would lead to the postponement of Romania’s integration in the European Union", Podesta stated. The European MP believes there is a necessity for more restrictive rules at local level, because this is where the problems really are. The EU is preoccupied by the administration of the bird flu. "It is a very bad thing not to be able to control such crises", which the European MP sees as "a test of responsibility and efficiency" for the authorities in Bucharest."We are expecting a complete involvement of the Romanian Government in solving these problems and keeping under control the new pest holes", Podesta concluded.

IGNORED WARNING. On Monday, Jurnalul National published the contents of an info gram sent to the Romanian authorities by their representative for the European institutions, Lazar Comanescu. The ambassador was warning the executive about the serious doubts of the communitarian institutions towards Romania’s ability of managing a crisis in the agriculture and food safety department and, more seriously, about the truth of the information sent to the European Commission by Bucharest. Therefore, the info gram says about the fact that Brussels has started to think about the activation of the saving clause, which would l