Senate chairman Crin Antonescu gestures before the Parliament vote on suspending President Traian Basescu over what the ruling Social Liberal Union (USL) says is his attempt to pressure judges and break the constitution, in Bucharest July 6, 2012. The European Commission demanded on Friday that Romania respect the rule of law and independence of the judiciary, as the government tries to impeach the president after crimping the power of the Constitutional Court. REUTERS/Radu Sigheti (ROMANIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)