Following the criminal charges against the Prime Minister of Romania, Victor Ponta (Party of European Socialists), the President of the European People's Party, Joseph Daul, makes the following statement:
"We are shocked by the attempt of the Legal Affairs Committee of the Romanian Parliament to obstruct the judiciary from fulfilling its mission in cases of criminal charges against the Prime Minister of Romania, Victor Ponta. We expect the plenary of the Romanian Parliament to clear the way and enable the prosecutors' investigations of Prime Minister Ponta. The Parliament should never be an obstacle to the judiciary. A government representative shall never use the parliamentary majority in his own interest. We will closely monitor the commitment of the Romanian Government to respect the rule of law, the independence of the judiciary and to decisively tackle corruption in Romania."
"It is unacceptable that the Minister of Justice and the Prime Minister of an EU Member State threaten peaceful protestors with criminal charges. The freedom of speech is guaranteed in the European Union. People who want to publicly express their discontent with a Prime Minister officially charged for grave cases of corruption shall be allowed to do so. We call on local public authorities to allow every peaceful form of expression of the citizens of Romania."
On Friday, 5 June 2015 the Romanian anti-corruption prosecutors formally charged the Prime Minister of Romania, Victor Ponta, for repeated complicity to tax fraud, 17 cases of falsification, money laundering and conflict of interest in three cases. The President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, has publicly urged the Prime Minister to resign; the Prime Minister has refused to do so. On 8 June 2015 the Legal Affairs Committee of the Romanian Parliament voted against the beginning of criminal investigations of Prime Minister Ponta. The final vote in the plenary of the Romanian Parliament is scheduled for 9 June 2015.
Președintele PPE, Joseph Daul, revoltat de tentativele Parlamentului României de a împiedica actul justiției
Având în vedere recentele acuzații care i se aduc prim-ministrului României, Victor Ponta (Partidul Socialiștilor Europeni), președintele Partidului Popular European,Joseph Daul, face următoarea declarație:
„Suntem revoltați de tentativele Comisiei Juridice a Parlamentului României de a împiedica justiția să își îndeplinească atribuțiile în ceea ce privește anchetarea faptelor penale de care este acuzat prim-ministrul României, Victor Ponta. Ne așteptăm ca plenul Parlamentului României să ofere posibilitatea procurorilor de a continua învestigațiile față de prim-ministrul Victor Ponta. Parlamentul nu ar trebui să fie niciodată un obstacol în calea înfăptuirii justiției. De asemenea, reprezentanții guvernului nu ar trebui să se folosească de majoritatea parlamentară pentru propriul interes. Vom monitoriza cu atenție angajamentul Guvernului României de a respecta domnia legii și independența justiției, precum și de a combate cu fermitate corupția din România.”
„Este inacceptabil ca ministrul Justiției și prim-ministrul unui stat membru al Uniunii Europene să amenințe protestarii pașnici cu sancțiuni penale. Libertatea de expresie este garantată în Uniunea Europeană. Oamenii care vor să își exprime public nemulțumirile față de un prim-ministru acuzat oficial de fapte grave de corupție nu trebuie împiedicați să facă acest lucru. Facem apel la autoritățile locale să autorizeze orice formă de exprimare pașnică a cetățenilor din România.”
În data de 5 iunie 2015, procurorii anticorupție din România au dispus efectuarea urmăririi penale față de prim-ministrul României, Victor Ponta, pentru complicitate la evaziune fiscală în formă continuată, spălare de bani, 17 cazuri de falsuri în înscrisuri sub semnătură privată și trei cazuri de conflict de interese. Președintele României, Klaus Iohannis, i-a cerut public demisia prim-ministrului Victor Ponta, primind însă refuzul liderului Guvernului României. În data de 8 iunie 2015, Comisia juridică a Camerei Deputaților din Parlamentului României a votat împotriva începerii urmării penale a prim-ministrului Victor Ponta. Votul final în plenul Parlamentului este programat în data de 9 iunie 2015.
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The EPP Manifesto, also adopted at the 2012 EPP Congress in Bucharest, outlines the basic principles of the Party summarising who we are, what our values are, what challenges are we facing and what vision we have for the future. The Manifesto was developed in parallel to the EPP Platform document within the EPP Working Group 1 for “European Policy”.
The EPP Platform is the core programme of our party outlining our main values, explaining the challenges our society is facing and presenting our vision for the future of European Union.
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