The representatives of the main parties in the Parliament of Europe, including the socialists, criticized yesterday Romanian deputies' decision on Miron Mitrea and Adrian Nastase. The European Commission insisted for the need to make progress with the fight against high level corruption. Graham Watson, a leader of the European Liberals, warned that Romanian deputies' denial was doing Romania no good, as it could not help the country get a positive report on its Justice in the future. He claimed it was a pity that the Parliament was trying to protect people accused of rather important crimes. As for the parliamentary immunity, he opined it should exist when and where it was grounded and he added that there should be no impression that politicians were somehow above the law. Hannes Swoboda, a vice president of the socialist group in the Parliament of Europe, emphasized that, generally, the Parliament should not interfere in corruption charges. He argued there would always be doubt when officials decided to disallow investigations. A European Commission spokesman mentioned yesterday that the progress with the fight against high level corruption would continue to be the main challenge for Romania as far as the state's commitments to the EU were concerned. (R.P, R.G.)