By Ioan Bucuraș It’s not over yet. And certainly words like integrity, professionalism, the respect for the rule of law and decency are nowhere to be found in the vocabulary of populist parties like the…
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By Ioan Bucuraș Things are looking grim for the Romanian Social Democrats. Their obsession and nemesis, Laura Codruta Kövesi, has been given green light by both European Parliament and the Council’s Committee of Permanent Representatives…
By Ioan Bucuraș Remember the odyssey around Laura Codruta Kövesi’s nomination to become the first European Public Prosecutor? The whole scandal with the Romanian government not supporting a fellow Romanian to be one of the…
By Ioan Bucuraș Intense negotiations took place for the seats in the different parliamentary committees before the summer break. Now, just before the first autumn plenary starts in Strasbourg, MEPs are settled and good to…
By Ioan Bucuraș Back in late 2016, the now still governing party, PSD, received 46% of the vote in the parliamentary elections in what was an unprecedented landslide victory. Just two years and six months…
By Ioan Bucuraș What do they have in common, you may ask? They were both prime ministers of Romania for over 3 years, they both lead their parties for roughly 5 years and they both…
By Ioan Bucuraș And it’s not Iohannis. For those of you who don’t know: Klaus Iohannis, Romania’s sitting president – an ethnic German, part of the Transylvanian Saxon minority – has been the mayor of…
By Ioan Bucuraș It’s now almost official. Luminita Odobescu, Permanent Representative of Romania to the European Union will most likely be nominated by Viorica Dancila to be the next Romanian Commissioner. This has been suggested…
By Ioan Bucuraș Romanians will go to the polls to elect their president on the 10th (first round) and 24th (second round) of November this year. For the first time since the fall of Communism,…
By Ioan Bucuraș The first signs of an inevitably and constantly deteriorating relationship between former Romanian Commissioner Cretu and her previous party – PSD – were already visible, once some of the lead figures started…
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