Attending the debate on “Romania in 2020: Future Prospects,” which was organized by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, the Head of State said that the new constitutional treaty, which might come into force this very year, gave more power to the European Parliament without leading to a dissolution of the national state, but, on the contrary, to correcting some drawbacks that have been quite obvious in the course of time.
Thus, among other things, through the new status given by the Lisbon Treaty, the regulations of the European Parliament will be able to be applied to all EU members.
The Head of State said that, by this provision, they can avoid situations similar to the one that appeared at the height of the gas crisis when, a EU unitary policy in the energy field lacking, some countries made a pipeline that came directly from Russia, under the North Sea, without caring about the situation they forced the East European countries to face.
“Of course, a unitary energy policy lacking, some countries made a pipeline that came directly from Russia, under the North Sea, they did not care about the situation they forced the East European countries to face …
This will not be possible any longer. As a Head of State participating in the negotiations for the new constitutional treaty, I can assure you that the dissolution of the states in favour of the gigantic power of Brussels is out of the question,” added Traian Basescu.
The President also stressed the fact that the free movement of goods, of values, of money “compels us to think of our identity very well” and the element that best establishes everybody’s identity was culture.
“We shall have to see to our cultural values being imparted to Europe for us to get identified according to culture and not according to the English language everybody wants to speak. Culture and customs must be the elements of our identity in the future,” concluded the President of the state.
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