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The EU Commissioner for regional policy, Corina Cretu, said on Monday that Romania’s accession to Eurozone is an “aspiration which should be followed”, as improvements in both standard of living and economic growth should be her country’s main objectives following the accession.

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Saturday, after the Party of European Socialists asked acting President Traian Basescu to propose a social democrat for a European Commission portfolio, the Government is not ruled by European socialists and the EC will soon receive the country’s proposition.

Rovana Plumb, head of the women branch within Romania’s Social Democratic Party, said she will propose the party to back MEP Adrian Severin for the European Commissioner seat.

Romania's former agriculture minister Dacian Ciolos is proposed for the position of European Commissioner for Agriculture and Romania has the support of France, Germany and Poland for this portfolio, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Tuesday.

Romanian President Traian Basescu said Thursday, before leaving for Brussels to attend the winter works of the European Council, that if the majority of EU states wish to apply the Nice Treaty as of Jan 1, Romania will not discard its European Commissioner.