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Romanian liberal government toppled by no-confidence vote

The Editorial Board October 8, 2021

Romania – The move had been expected since the reformist party USR-PLUS (Uniunea Salvați România) withdrew its ministers from Florin Cîțu’s liberal government on 3 September. It came after Cîțu dismissed Justice Minister Stelian Ion (USR-PLUS) without first consulting his partners. Cîțu…

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Romania on the brink of political violence

Modeste Schwartz May 12, 2020

Romania – Since Klaus Iohannis’s surprisingly fast rise to power in 2014, his detractors have regularly used the “Nazi” card against him. In most cases, this has been done in a stupid way: ignoring the word’s actual definition, and instead simply making…

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Analysis of the first round of the Romanian presidential elections

Modeste Schwartz November 12, 2019

By Raoul Weiss. Romania – A preliminary warning is needed, which is valid for all elections organised in Romania. The counting of the votes is entrusted to a militarised secret service, the STS (the Special Transmissions Service), which employs a non-homologated software…

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Romania: inventory on the eve of the Romanian presidential elections

Modeste Schwartz November 9, 2019

By Raoul Weiss. Romania - On the 10th of October in Bucharest, the Social-Democratic government fell after a no-confidence vote initiated by the liberal opposition (rather openly guided by president Iohannis) and his allies in the Parliament. A rather insignificant episode in…

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Transylvanian pre-electoral chess: the bishop’s game

Modeste Schwartz May 2, 2019

By Raoul Weiss. Romania - On April 25, László Tőkés, a bishop of the Transylvanian-Hungarian Calvinist Church and already legendary freedom-fighter of the Hungarian minority in Romania, who is also a FIDESZ MEP, paid a visit to MM. István Beke and Zoltán…

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Black Sea Gas: Dragnea Defeats the Deep State with its Own Weapons

Modeste Schwartz July 15, 2018

By Modeste Schwartz. Romania - On July 9, 2018, the Romanian parliament wrote the final chapter of an energy drama that had remained relatively unseen for a long time, finally breaking out only a few weeks ago – though it had probably…

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White March in Bucharest: Romanian Awakening, or Beginning of the End of the PSD?

Modeste Schwartz June 19, 2018

By Modeste Schwartz. Romania - After months of hesitation, during which it seemed that it would never be able to react, the ruling Social Democrat Party in Bucharest finally decided on Saturday, June 9, to take to the streets (a small) part…

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Will Johannis ride the “fight against corruption” to its death?

Modeste Schwartz November 8, 2017

By Modeste Schwartz. Romania - Henceforth sheltered – thanks to the cold – from the competition of country picnics and outdoor barbecues, the Soros galaxy of Romania and other “civil societies” duly infiltrated by the “secret” services can now resume their revolutionary…