PDSR (Party of Social Democracy) representatives yesterday stated that the new Government would adopt the measures requested by the European Union as soon as possible, so as Romania should meet the prerequisites enforced for lifting the regime of visas for the Romanian citizens willing to travel in EU member states.
Our belief is that Europe is not complete without Romania and therefore the future PDSR Government will rapidly take all necessary steps in order to meet EU prerequisites, such as increasing borders safety and restricting illegal emigration, PDSR secretary of state for international issues, Suceava Senator Gheorghe Prisacaru said.
This statement came after Interior and Justice ministers of EU member states at the end of last week decided to unconditionally lift visas for Bulgaria and to maintain visas for Romanian citizens at least until March 2001.
According to Prisacaru, Romanian authorities are aware that Romania has to fulfill the measures decided by EU and to observe the documents concluded with it, but estimate the European Union in its turn should display more tolerance and solidarity for the candidates to accession, so as to help them get over the difficulties they are going through.
Its hard for me to believe that Bulgaria has actually fulfilled these criteria and norms to a greater extent than Romania.
That is why we had expected an equal treatment, without political pressures, especially in these difficult moments faced by Romania, the MP stated, adding that Romanians feeling of being second-rate or inferior partners for the rest of Europe can negatively influence Romanias democratisation.