In September 2022, EFOR analysed the draft justice laws as adopted by the Romanian Government at the end of August and identified the most problematic provisions. EFOR concluded then that aside from not solving the problems generated by the 2017-2018 justice reforms, the draft laws return the justice system to pre-accession standards. On the 17th ···
The Romanian government adopted the draft justice laws on the 24th of August 2022 and is in a hurry to adopt them in Parliament in less than a month, in a joint committee and possibly under an emergency procedure. The government thus hopes to lift the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) this autumn. Not only ···
How will the Rule of Law report influence adherence to the rule of law standards across the EU? In October 2020, Expert Forum, together with APADOR-CH hosted a round table debate on the European Commission’s Report on the rule of law to discuss the plans of Romanian public institutions with attributions on anti-corruption. EFOR publishes ···
(Trailer for conference) Download EFOR’s Annual Report 2013 here. Neither the amendment of the Constitution, nor the regionalization, nor any further amendment of the electoral system will change the way how the Romanian state works. Its problems lay elsewhere and must be tackled by their cause, not with palliatives that are time and energy consuming. ···