Barroso informed Romanian officials that they will not receive the agriculture portfolio

European Commission President Barroso informed Romanian officials that Romania will not receive the agriculture portfolio, due to its irregularities in EU fund management and Justice. sources at Bucharest and Brussels said. On Thursday, when the Irish Times informed that France supports Ireland for the portfolio, Romanian officials still claimed that the only negotiation option remains Dacian Ciolos for agriculture. On the other hand, European sources say that Romanian authorities should not receive the news with surprise, because there were signs leading to this conclusion. President Basescu declared in early September that Romania has other options as well.

PES Asks Romanian President For Social Democrat Candidate In European Commissioner
The Party of European Socialists (PES) asks Romania's President Traian Basescu to leave aside any political bias and act in the best interest of the country and of Europe by proposing a top social democrat for a European Commission portfolio. The Party of the European Socialists asks Basescu to act in the best interest of the country and of Europe by proposing for an EC portfolio a top social democrat, with a good reputation in Europe, to be accepted without reserve by the European Parliament, the Party of the European Socialists said in a press release Saturday. Leader of the party Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Saturday talked about Romania's political situation after the Social Democratic Party left the government coalition, said the press release.

The Party of the European Socialists said the European Commission needs the support of the European socialists and democrats to have their projects approved by the European Parliament, adding Romania must propose a social democrat for an EC portfolio.Romanian MEP social democrat Victor Bostinaru told MEDIAFAX Friday that European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso officially asked Romanian President Traian Basescu to propose another three people for an EC portfolio.