Top EU Officials Warn Romania Over Rule of Law

Top EU Officials Warn Romania Over Rule of Law
A candidate to lead EPP, Manfred Weber of Germany delivers his speech at the European People's Party (EPP) congress in Helsinki, on Nov. 8, 2018. Lehtikuva/Markku Ulander/Reuters
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SIBIU, Romania—The European Union warned Romania on May 9 it could face firmer action over the government’s legal changes that the bloc has said threaten the rule of law.

The EU’s executive European Commission has repeatedly said laws brought in by Romania’s ruling Social Democrats—including moves to reduce statutes of limitation that would close some ongoing graft cases—have reversed decades of reforms.