The “Justice and Truth” Alliance (PNL-PD), benefits in an electoral year from an unexpected chance: the devastating critiques by the European Parliament and the European Commission, regarding the social-democrat government. In a really masochistic move, the PSD leaders helped their “partners” in the Alliance: they offered the position of Bucharest’s mayor to their political... 

The countdown has begun. In the current state of affairs, every second running out looks fatal to the notable PSD representatives in the Government and in the Parliament, in Bucharest and throughout the country. Two months to go to the local administration elections, six months to the release of the European Commission country report (essential document confirming if Romania joins the European Union... 

As the local elections are coming, the dynamics in the activity of all parties has already changed. The members of Parliament spend more time in their represented districts than in Bucharest (a situation that may seem highly unusual), the campaign managers gather funds and draw up programs and offers, televisions are taken by storm by candidates to the mayor or councilor chairs. More than ever, this... 

During the last months the media and the civil society have drawn more and more aggressive signals concerning the local PSD barons. Starting with the now common accusations of corruption and ranging to those of obtaining academic titles by fraud, these allegations are covering an increasing “area” of the social and political life. During the last months the media and the civil society...