The European Commission intends to propose in Brussels the surveillance of national budgets and rules for budget spending. How do Romanian politicians comment the measures that entail giving up sovereignty? HotNews.ro carried out a brief survey with Romanian MPs and MEPs. Opinions are split even within the same party: some consider that such a measure will not be adopted soon raise the issue of sovereignty. Others believe this is a necessary measure.

Theodor Stolojan, PD-L MEP: "I would not back this proposal, because a state and its government need to be responsible for the decision taken. At the same time, it needs to take responsibility for the public act of exercising power. For the moment, the discussion is at an early stage and I don't believe it would get to such a proposal. If even a single member-state disagrees, the proposal will not be adopted. As for fiscal matters, national states have the decisions in their hands and this is difficult to change. On the other hand, in the current context, each member state needs to be responsible and respect the Pact."

Anca Boagiu, PD-L senator: "The European Commission's communiqué comes in an extremely difficult moment for the unprecedented crisis of the Euro Zone and which has been temporarily adjusted by the ECOFIN decision of creating a Fund of over 500 billion euros. It is obvious that articles of the Growth and Stability Pact were breeched for years by the EU states, although matching the budget targets entailed in this Pact would have prevented the current European economic crisis. The critics of this new approach of the European economic governance accuse the breach in the principle of national states' sovereignty, but we must consider that, on one hand, the peer-review mechanism is practically a consultative act and, therefore, on-compulsory. On the other hand, we are living truly exceptional