His critics say it is being used to help allies convicted of corruption. After joining the e. U. In 2007, romania was pressed to put an end to mass corruption among its politicians. Later, romanias Prime Minister assured Angela Merkel his government is fighting graft intensely. I want to express the determination of the government and the Government Coalition to have and to strengthen a constitutional state in romania to fight corruption and create the best possible legislative conditions for investors. Reporter but leader of this the same Prime Minister was tried for forgery, Money Laundering and tax evasion. He was romanias first Prime Minister to be sued in office. He was far from being romanias only corrupt politician. The countrys anticorruption director has prosecuted former leaders and ministers, 1170 people overall accused of abuse in office. Including the current head of the ruling social democrats. Romania has made progress, but still ranks 57th on the Transparency Internatio
Of public funds, but he rejects calls to step aside. Karen pence, 350, not content is, 256, so the contents have it. Contents. The British Government suffers a first defeat on brexit legislation. The House Of Lords backs an Opposition Amendment which could delay theresa mays timetable. And read my lips. A rare glimpse into the president s big speech preparations. Youre watching one hundred days with Katty Kay In Washington and Christian Fraser is in london. It was a very different donald trump who addressed Congress Last night less flame thrower, more president. He was still tough on immigration and terrorism but there was a surprising splattering of optimism, too. Even the odd call for unity. And it seems people here liked it. In fact, so favourable were the Morning Headlines even from what he calls the failing New York Times that an often irascible president could find nothing to moan about. On his twitter page was this thank you, and in bold type, too lets have a listen to some of w
Lose a key vote in the house of lords. Good morning. This is bloomberg surveillance. We have a packed show. Theres quite a lot of movement on the markets. This is a picture for your data. We are getting eurozone manufacturing pmi. This is for the month of february. They are rising to 55. 4. Anything above 50 means they are expanding, but it is a slight miss compared to what economists had been expecting. Im looking at euro. We are seeing a little pressure on euro. We have a market expert to give us all his thoughts on whether it is linked to some of the political turmoil we may see in france. Eurozone manufacturing pmi, 55. 4 for february. Onto your markets and without a doubt, everyone is looking at , hisdonald trump has said softer tone masking a little bit of difficulty for his agenda in congress. This is what investors are trying to look at. They are looking at donald trump, but they are really looking at the wirp function on the bloomberg terminal. Were looking at fed moves. The g
Business, but critics now suggest there has been deception. The democrats are making political mischief out of trumps russian connection. You can feel them paying them back for what they did to bill and Hillary Clinton. But the house and senate are controlled by republicans, and it is signs of nervousness among them which make todays story all the more interesting. During the day, several influential republicans had called on sessions to recuse himself from the matter. Based on what we have read, i think the Attorney General should further clarify. In fact i think hes going to need to recuse himself. The fbi has multiple lines of inquiry, drawing on intelligence from many of americas 16 other agencies. The senate and house intelligence committees also have investigations. And under the spotlight, former advisers mike flynn and pohlman effort, trumps lawyer michael coen, and even the former Business Activities of the commerce secretary. All of this, fuelled by secret information thats b
A warning for patients in england about the risk of getting medication online. It isa it is a stitch up, stab victims pay vets to mend their wounds to avoid the police getting involved. Also. Votes are being counted following yesterdays Assembly Elections in Northern Ireland. Im any to mcveigh at the Titanic Exhibition Centre in belfast. With the future of the devolved government at state, signs that tyner with the future of the devolved government state, signs that turnout is up as much as 10 in some constituencies. And celebrating the centenary for the Imperial War Museum, founded when the First World War was still being fought. Good morning. Its friday, the 3rd of march. Im rebecca jones. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Theresa may has strongly attacked the snp, saying it was obsessed with independence regardless of fact and reality. Speaking at the scottish conservative conference in glasgow, the Prime Minister accused the snp of neglecting and mismanaging Public Services in scotland