British politician and leader of UK Independence Party (UKIP), Nigel Farage recently said that he has a “massive problem with Romania”.

"I haven't got a problem with Romanians. I have a massive problem with Romania," he told CNBC.

According to Farage, "known criminal gangs" from Romania went to the UK. There, the officials were forced to allow them in the country, because of EU rules governing freedom of movement for people, goods and services.

"Some of these post-communist countries have not made the transition to full western democracy. They have their own minorities, which are discriminated against in a way that is truly shocking when you see it, and organized criminal gangs have got countries like Romania in their grip," he said.

UKIP scored a good result at the parliamentary elections last Sunday, beating UK’s three mainstream parties—the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats— to win 27.5 percent of the U.K. vote.

The entire CNBC story here.

Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com