Romanian Foreign Minister backs EU 'decision-making reforms' to speed up enlargement

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00:00Ukraine's accession bid should be unblocked, Romania's Foreign Minister Oana Toyu has told

00:05Euronews' 12 minutes with.

00:07Ukraine's bid to join the EU has long been stalled due to the veto of Hungarian Prime

00:13Minister Viktor Orban.

00:14It's also holding back the progress of Romania's neighbour, Moldova, whose bid is coupled to

00:20Ukraine's.

00:21Minister Toyu suggested decision-making reforms are needed to ensure the process of joining

00:26the EU continues to be merit-based.

00:28Well, I think what we need to do is to make sure also internally that we have the proper

00:34decision-making reforms.

00:36Because it is clearly not just the merit of Moldova, the merit of Ukraine, Albania, Montenegro

00:41and so on, we can go on.

00:42But it is clearly a problem that we have for ourselves if the will of 26 countries is blocked

00:49irresponsibly just by one single vote.

00:51And we need to do the proper reforms but also fully use the current frame that we have to

00:56move forward.

00:57Antonia Costa, the President of the European Council, which represents the EU's 27 leaders,

01:03has floated revamping the EU's rules to prevent one country's veto from stalling the entire

01:09accession process.

01:12His plan would require the approval of just 15 of the EU's 27 countries, representing at

01:18least 65% of the population.

01:21Currently, the unanimous backing of all leaders is needed.

01:25The issue is expected to be discussed when leaders gather for a summit in Brussels next

01:29week.

01:30Pressed on whether Romania's President will explicitly back this proposal, DOIU would not

01:35be drawn.

01:36We're going to have the Council soon and the final decision is going to come of that.

01:40But yes, Romania thinks we need to move faster and we need to make sure we do not block our

01:46common decision.

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