The President of Romania says he expects EU leaders to agree to continue with every member state having one commissioner until the Lisbon Treaty is ratified.
Under current EU treaties, the size of the Commission is supposed to be cut once there are 27 member states, leading many Irish and European politicians to claim that at least one state will lose a Commissioner from next June.
The implications of Ireland's No vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum was the main item of discussed today between President Mary McAleese and her Romanian counterpart President Traian Basescu.
As the newest members of the EU, Romania and Bulgaria are very concerned about any possibility of losing their places in the new European Commission, which will be appointed next summer.
President Basescu said he will propose to the December EU summit that all countries will continue to keep their commissioners 'until the introduction of the Lisbon treaty'.
He said Romania rejects any solution to the Lisbon issue that does not imply solidarity among the 27 member states.
But President Basescu said he could see no solution other than waiting for a new decision of the Irish people on the Lisbon Treaty.
