In Romania, the Constitutional Court has officially confirmed the victory of Klaus Iohannis. The new president of the center-right won Sunday with more than 54% of the vote against a little over 45% for his opponent Victor Ponta. Klaus Iohannis had based his campaign on anti-corruption, and five days after the election, a first arrest: the head of the anti-mafia unit was placed in custody in a case of alleged corruption. Alina Bica is involved in a scandal that would have cost over 62 million euros to the Romanian state. The case dates back to 2011. Alina Bica occupied at the time another function within the framework of the National Authority for the restitution of property seized by the former Communist regime. Justice says Mrs. Bica, then a member of a commission to determine the compensation in the NMRA, and two of his colleagues have turned a blind eye on a strong overvaluation of land which was the subject of a record of compensation. The person who did the evaluation and the other two members of the commission also continued in this case and were remanded in custody. Since joining the EU in 2007, the fight against corruption is an objective of Romania, which is subject to close supervision by Brussels.
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