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June 1, 2018 www.intellinews.com
Romanian court orders president
to dismiss iconic anticorruption chief
Iulian Ernst in Bucharest
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis must dismiss the iconic head of the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) Laura Codruta Kovesi, the country’s Constitutional Court ruled on May 30.
Romania’s political outlook deteriorated signifi- cantly after the ruling. Unless Iohannis and Ro- mania’s Western partners, who have so far backed
CEE faces massive cuts in EU cohesion spending
Wojciech Kosc in Warsaw
Poland and other Central European members of the European Union will have to deal with severe cuts in the EU’s cohesion funding in the next EU budget, the European Commission said in a pro- posal published on May 29.
Kovesi’s work, take a pragmatic approach and negotiate the appointment of a politically unbi- ased DNA head, the political crisis can become prolonged and have a major economic impact.
No immediate decision is expected within the
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The smaller cuts – although still at 20% – will af- fect funding the Commission allocates for Latvia and Slovakia. Poland will receive 23% less money, while other countries in the region – Czechia,
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