Dutch tulips impounded by Romania

The ongoing row has already been described as "the war of the flowers"

A Dutch MEP has accused Romania of blackmailing the Netherlands after more than a dozen truckloads of tulips were seized at the Romanian border.

Esther de Lange said Bucharest was practising some "old-school blackmail".
The seizure - the second since the weekend - comes after the Netherlands threatened to block Romania's entry Europe's visa-free Schengen zone.
Officials in Bucharest said the tulips could be contaminated with "dangerous bacteria".
The Netherlands said that Romania - along with Bulgaria - had not done enough to fight corruption.
'No link'
On Monday, the Romanian authorities seized 15 trucks of Dutch bulbs and sent three of them back to the suppliers in the Netherlands.
The Netherlands is the main supplier of flowers to the Romanian market, exporting nine million bulbs last year.
The dispute is being called "the war of the flowers" in the Netherlands.
But the Dutch economic affairs ministry has been careful not to criticise Romania.
A spokesman said the Dutch government had asked for an explanation as to why the shipments were halted, and was waiting for a response.
However, the spokesman said the Netherlands had no reason to suspect a link between the bulbs and the Schengen decision.