Romanian Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu said on Tuesday he may reconsider his decision to resign after President Traian Basescu urged parliament to find a way to push through key justice reform bills. Basescu asked parliament to rephrase articles in the laws, which the Constitutional Court had rejected, so that the justice reforms can be pushed through in time for Romania to join the European Union while conforming with the constitution, according to Reuters. "In these conditions, of course, I am willing to reconsider my resignation," Tariceanu told reporters. A joint parliament meeting to review the bills is scheduled for Wednesday. The six-month-old centrist government has accused the opposition leftist Social Democrats (PSD) of trying to block the reforms at the Constitutional Court to which the party appointed some judges last year when it was in government. Tariceanu, who said last week his cabinet would resign to pave the way for snap elections, said changing his decision hinged on judges in the court avoiding political bias and on allowing their decisions to be overturned by parliament in the future. The government had said the justice reform bills, proposing a retirement age for judges and organising contests for their appointment, were in line with EU requirements.
