EU PRESSURE ON CORRUPTION HELPS SECURE SACKING OF ROMANIAN LABOUR MINISTER
September 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
CONSTANT European Union (EU) pressure on Romania to cleanse its government of corruption has finally achieved a concrete result, with the sacking of the country's labour minister - accused of graft. Paul P?curaru was dismissed via presidential decree almost a year after the chief prosecutor of Romania's National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) requested permission to investigate claims he had asked a local politician to direct contracts to his son's company. P?curaru is a member of the ruling National Liberal Party (PNL).
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CONSTANT European Union (EU) pressure on Romania to cleanse its government of corruption has finally achieved a concrete result, with the sacking of the country's labour minister - accused of graft. Paul P?curaru was dismissed via presidential decree almost a year after the chief prosecutor of Romania's National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) requested permission to investigate claims he had asked a local politician to direct contracts to his son's company. P?curaru is a member of the ruling National Liberal Party (PNL).
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