The first Romanian to become European commissioner states that Romania risks remaining at the outskirts of the EU, despite having the seventh largest population. Elsewhere in the news, an unemployed from Romania finds work in approximately ten months. Find out the rest of the unemployment statistics in the EU. Last but not least, many Romanian liberal mayors choose to disregard their leader's decision of supporting social-democratic presidential runner-up for the second round polls.
The first Romanian to become European commissioner Leonard Orban says Romania risks remaining at the outskirts of the EU despite having the seventh largest population, Adevarul reads. As his mandate comes to an end, it has been said that he was sent to Brussels to manage fax machines and scanners.
Despite being content with his work for the Multilingvism portfolio, which he considers most important from a politic perspective, Leonard Orban declared himself disappointed by the lack of interest the Romanian political class shows in relation with EU's problems. He claims this is the main reason why Romania is not as influential in Europe as a country with 22 million citizens could be.
Asked why he believed a British was named EU's Foreign minister, he opinionated that it was a message sent by the Union, namely that Great Britain was a key-member and that it shows that the EU is not focused on being continental. On the EU enlargement, Orban claims there are talks of a new wave in 2014, when the world will commemorate 100 years since the First World War. Croatia will not join sooner than 2012 and there will be another 5 to 10 years until Europeans will know whether or not Turkey will join the EU, despite the ongoing negotiations, he added.
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