Romania accused of 'lack of European spirit' over Serbia's candidacy

"Serbia had met all the requirements to be considered an official candidate for membership"

Romania and Bulgaria also "meet all the requirements to be in Schengen " , but that is another matter right?

Spare us these kinds of remarks :)

EU has to take into account the interests of all countries, not only Germany's! We had the same story with Greece- not recognising the Romanian minority, but we need to put at end to this!
Why only Kosovo issue is important?

Of course, if the country that makes an objection is from Eastern Europe we apply the other standard, but if Germany or the Nethelands or even France have objections no problem. Carl Bildt has really no knowdlegde of the issues raised by Romania but I guess he knows the European spirit.

Dear Bildt and Westerwell, thank you for your European comments.
Try living as a Romanian in the Timoc valley and declare your true ethnicity, without the fear of being shot or your house burned. Regards.

said who, bildt? carl bildt? the same f*-up who was EU's rep in serbia when srebenica masacre happened and didn't say anything, downplaying all the time serb abuses and their masacres? If that Carl Bildt is the one we are talking about, I really don't give a crap what he says about anything. and the other one, the german stupid.. well, it happens that even in germany they say he is stupid, so let's forget about it. romania helpped serbia a lot, but the vlach issue is at least 20 yrs old, and they did not want to do anything about it. well maybe all they know is to listen when the rope is above their head, so yeah, most probably it was a good time.. the style in which the western countries of EU try to dictate in certain matters is on the nerve of many people in central and eastern europe. i would characterize the spirit of western europe, its frivolity, in only one word: berlusconi-world.

Leonard Orban quotet by Act media:

Romania believes that, in Serbia, there are serious issues as regards the observance of the national minorities rights, in conditions in which this keeps to the political criterion for the start of accession negotiations to the European Union, said on Wednesday Minister of European Affairs Leonard Orban.

'Our interpretation is very clear: namely that serious problems exist as concerns the observance of national minorities rights in Serbia,' said Orban, answering a journalist's question. In the context, he stressed that for the accession of Romania and of the other countries to the EU, as well, observance of the political criterion was imposed prior to negotiations.

'The political criterion also means respect for the national minorities rights in those countries. (...) Romania requires an extremely important thing, it is about respecting the political criterion by Serbia, specifically respect for the rights of national minorities', he added.

He also stressed that, on Tuesday, at the General Affairs Council, Romania did not block Serbia to obtain the candidate status for accession to the European Union, but 'wished that the discussion is raised at the level of the European Council', convened on March 1.

Regarding the negative comments made by some foreign ministers of the European Union member states, following Romania's decision, Leonard Orban noted that they were rather 'hotheaded' reactions.
'In discussions of this kind, in negotiations of this kind, reactions tend to be hotheaded', said the Romanian Minister of European Affairs. Leonard Orban attended on Wednesday a conference on issues connected to the European Social Fund.

Romania: pathetic country with pathetic people...Dramaqueens all the way. Need not say more, we expected this from our neighbours.

If abandoning your own people, just to please some non-elected officials representing nobody, is called european spirit, well then Romania is proud for lacking european spirit