Traian Basescu, Romania’s suspended president, will on Saturday seek to return to office following an impeachment referendum that has focused concerns about his country’s ability to fulfil promises it made when it joined the European Union at the start of this year.
While the populist president is expected to win Saturday’s vote, few observers believe a victory for Mr Basescu will stem the growing sense in Brussels and other EU capitals that political turmoil and a failure to continue fighting corruption in Romania and neighbouring Bulgaria have exposed the EU’s enlargement process as badly flawed.
While the populist president is expected to win Saturday’s vote, few observers believe a victory for Mr Basescu will stem the growing sense in Brussels and other EU capitals that political turmoil and a failure to continue fighting corruption in Romania and neighbouring Bulgaria have exposed the EU’s enlargement process as badly flawed.
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