EU/ROMANIA: BUCHAREST PUSHING FOR MARKET ECONOMY RECOGNITION.(Brief Article)

European Report | September 17, 2003 | Copyright

A September 16 meeting in Brussels between European Commission President Romano Prodi and Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase produced strong signals that Bucharest is pushing to be recognised as a functioning market economy in the Commission's next annual report on the country's accession preparations due out on November 5. Having a functioning market economy is one of the "Copenhagen criteria" for EU membership. There were some positive noises on the subject from Mr Prodi, who said after the meeting that Romania's reforms were going in the "right direction"; that he was ...

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