It has been several years now since Romanian authorities took the necessary first step of recognising and acknowledging the scale of the problem. "A turning point was the first acceptance that corruption was a reality," says Jonathan Scheele, head of the EC Delegation to Bucharest. "When I first came here, government was simply in denial. If you deny a problem, you have no chance of resolving it.
Ka disa vjet tani qëkur autoritetet rumune morën hapin e parë të domosdoshëm për njohjen dhe pranimin e shkallës së problemit. “Një pikë kthese ishte pranimi se korrupsioni ishte një realitet,” thotë Xhonathan Shile, kreu i delegacionit të KE në Bukuresht. “Kur erdha së pari këtu, ju nuk nuk kishit mundësi ta zgjidhnit atë.