BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's president says the country should do more to tackle corruption if it wants to join the European Union's open-border area.
President Traian Basescu told The Associated Press on Thursday that tackling the issue "is a test for the Romanian political class.
"Is it willing to sacrifice two or three corrupt officials for obstructing the national interest or not?"
Basescu says joining the so-called Schengen zone, which includes some 26 countries, should become a national priority for the country of 19 million, which joined the EU in 2007.
The Netherlands has led opposition to Romania and Bulgaria joining the borderless free-travel zone, arguing that it would lead to an increase in organized crime and corruption.
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