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Romania’s Accession To The EU Was A Success – Barroso

The president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, said in an interview for Romanian radio station RFI Romania, that the first thing he can say, one year after Romania and Bulgaria’s accession to the EU, that the integration was a success, and critics were wrong.
Romania’s Accession To The EU Was A Success – Barroso
18 dec. 2007, 22:53, English
Asked about the surveillance and control mechanisms applied to Romania and Bulgaria in justice and agriculture, Barroso stated that monitoring is welcome because it makes room for progress in these two countries.
Barroso paraphrased John Fitzgerald Kennedy saying that Romania and Bulgaria should not ask what Europe can do for them but they should ask what they can do for Europe.