Romania and Bulgaria were particularly irresponsible. If they wanted to diminish their chances of joining Europe they could not have found a better way.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We are the country that has attracted the biggest volume of foreign investment in southeastern Europe in the past few years. Romania doesn't need to beat itself, believing that it is a second-class citizen.
Romanians are culturally European, very close to the French. Socially, they are now building a society that is emotionally closer to the Balkans, Turkey and Greece.
The dramatic wish of Romanians at the end of the Second World War was to be occupied by the Americans and not by the Russians.
I am a committed European; a united Europe is Romania's future.
I wasn't allowed to leave Romania. That made me mad. You just want your freedom. You want your space. You want opportunity.
Serbia did not want to recognize our country in a peaceful way, so that is why they wanted to destroy us. All our efforts to find a peaceful solution were impossible. In order to save the people, NATO had to intervene.
Hungary is very similar to Bulgaria. I know they're different countries.
Romania strongly supports Turkey's E.U. accession.
Romania, which had the worst dictator in Eastern Europe, Ceausescu, he was a darling of the West. The United States and Britain loved him. He was supported until the last minute.
Romania will always defend the Roma's right to move freely in Europe. They are European citizens and as long as there is no evidence they broke the law they should enjoy the same rights of any European citizen.