In an interview with EurActiv Romania, Marschall said that the new Romanian government has a relatively limited window of opportunity to convince the public that it means what it says. "They should demonstrate that a new era with new rules has started," said Marschall.
Furthermore, he recommended that Bucharest take the related warnings from Strasbourg and Brussels very seriously, noting that "window-dressings" by various "anti-corruption crusaders" serve only to undermine the credibility of the anti-corruption campaigns.
In Marschall's opinion, the fact that Romania has the worst score in Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index among the recent EU accession countries can be explained by the existence of a "stronger consensus" within the political elites of the other countries about the necessary reform agenda.
Read the full version of this interview.
