German press: Romania is the most corrupted EU state

According to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), Dinu Patriciu, the controversial oil magnate in Romania, sold his company to a state enterprise in Kazahstan, claiming the transaction would bring Romania more independence, but his adversaries fear the opposite. The FAZ quotes Janusz Bugajski, a EU expert in Eastern European policies, commenting that imports from Kazahstan are an alternative to the Russian ones only if routes can avoid Russia. (...)

According to the report, the party of the Romanian PM has obeyed Patriciu's wishes for years, sabotaging the fight against corruption together with the ex Communist PSD (Social-Democrat Party).
A report published in the Austria daily Die Presse analyzes daily corruption in Romania, explaining that in this EU state citizens have to pay financial attention to doctors when needing medical care. There is also mentioned that bribe goes for teachers and authorities too, when some Romanian wants to avoid military service or paying a traffic fine.

George Damian
Ziua Miercuri 19 Septembrie 2007 http://www.ziua.net/english