Basescuovi komentari uslijedili su kratko nakon što je holandska privredna zajednica u Rumuniji izrazila neslaganje s odlukom koju je donijela vlada u Hagu i predložila pragmatičniji pristup, naime scenario u dva koraka koji podupiru Francuska i Njemačka.
Basescu's comments came shortly after the Dutch business community in Romania expressed its disapproval with the decision taken by the government in The Hague and proposed a more pragmatic approach, namely the two-step scenario advanced by France and Germany.