Govt spends too much time in meetings

Most representatives of the Romanian political elite have never seen how a real public administration looks and works, the head of the European Commission Delegation in Bucharest, Jonathan Scheele, said on Tuesday, during a meeting with British business people in Romania. “The duties of the public administration in Romania are not well defined. Most of the high-ranking politicians have never been constantly exposed to a Western administration model,” Scheele said. He added the Romanian Government “spends too much time in meetings for things that should be addressed by ministries.” “The public administration issue will not be possible to address until 2007. The elections this year are not going to help, either. It is obvious we can forget about this problem in an electoral year. At best, it will be possible to prepare the public administration reform,” the European Commission representative said. ZF