Pierre Moscovici, recommended that Romania completes accession negotiations by the end of the year.
He also suggested that the accession treaty be signed in the first half of 2005 and that integration take place in 2007.
Moscovici stressed the fact Romania still needs to do a lot of things but in his opinion, most of the EP Foreign Affairs Commission members were in favor of completing negotiations this year.
He expressed his intention to work closely with Romanian authorities, regardless of the results of the general elections.
He also said he is planning to visit the country after the elections, probably at the beginning of 2005, after the EU expresses its opinion regarding Romania's integration.
Posted by Iulia Rasoiu : 11/26/2004 11:42:00 am
The European Parliament's Rapporteur for Romania, Moscovici recommends completion of negotiations