Although denied by all those involved, the crisis within the D.A. Alliance tends to deepen and generate a number of perverse effects in the long run, as basically it is the crisis of the birth of a different approach on politics. The so-called crisis is rather a curtain covering other crises within the Romanian political community, crises which in fact have never ceased to exist and which are aimed... 

Romanian politicians seem to be suffering from amnesia when they speak about their decisions, as if Machiavelli had never been born or his name never got to Romanian land, although, if there is a God in politics, the best way to describe him and understand him is to read Niccolo Machiavelli’s Prince. Who does the agenda setting? Even since the world began, but particularly so in a society both... 

On the eve of accession to the European Union, one of the fields facing particular difficulties in Romania is still the justice system. The core problem with this sector, along with the judges’ actual independence, is the organisation and functioning system of prosecutor’s offices. Prosecutors’ status and their activity In a democratic society, magistrates employed with prosecutor’s... 

For the first time since December 1989, a senior Power representative, in the person of Dinu Patriciu, is charged, right at the onset of the new mandate, with serious law violations. A signal that the fight against corruption has gone beyond the political complexion of its actors, or is there more to it than meets the eye? Dinu Patriciu’s arrest, a move for electoral ends Accidentally or not,... 

Premier Tăriceanu thus finds himself in a position to slalom among idiosyncrasies in Cotroceni, the incompetence in counties affected by floods and the public policies imposed by Brussels. Undeniably, the Premier’s task is ever more difficult, and he is probably beginning to regret the well-off businessman’s life, which definitely requires far less effort. Facing a political test of paramount... 

In a move to eliminate corruption from the Justice system, Minister Monica Macovei once again took magistrates’ hatred upon herself, as she cancelled, under an Emergency Ordinance, the possibility for magistrates to buy Ministry residences for derisive prices. Thus, under the normative act, the absurd provision of Law no. 579 was annulled, which allowed those who didn’t own housing units... 

Tudor Chiuariu is one of those young men (he is 29), untouched by the Communism virus, on the competence and responsibility of whom the incumbent Power counts in its fight against corruption. Before being appointed as Secretary of State, the head of the Prime-Minister’s Department for Inquiry and for Monitoring Transparent Spending of Community Funds, Tudor Chiuariu graduated from the law school... 

The outcome of elections in the PSD Congress is the direct effect of the “Orange (r)evolution” in the presidential elections. Adrian Năstase’s electoral failure to Traian Băsescu achieved what appeared to be impossible to achieve: namely, taking Ion Iliescu out of contemporary history by his own party. The April 21 PSD Congress was a strange blend of Communist Party Plenary Session... 

Why wasn’t it possible for Romania to pass a Lustration Act so far? A possible explanation could be the solidarity of “knaves,” as Andrei Pleşu put it right after 1989. A former oppressive apparatus which closed ranks quite successfully in a move to seize resources (financial resources in particular), doubled by former nomenklatura members at various levels, who stayed in office. Last... 

Senators convinced us, this late April, that they are not worthy of the confidence “bestowed” on them by voters. We should say that, considering the manner of approaching and finalising debates on the bill tabled by the Justice Minister, referring to the new wealth statement forms, they have proved they are worthy of our despise, not only of our distrust. Amending the legislation on dignitaries’...