Gunnar Hökmark (PPE), blue-card answer. – Mr President, I think my colleague has missed the point, because I was talking about the problems of corruption in Romania – as demonstrated by the Venice Commission, Transparency International and many others – and the pardoning of corrupt politicians, which was just referred to by the Romanian Foreign Minister on the BBC. You’re talking about someone congratulating the president of your country. Well, I must say I’m not very upset about that. You and the Socialists here should be just as strict towards Romania as we shall be towards Hungary and Poland, because misuse of power is always misuse of power. You will fight it and we shall fight it.

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