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The Knight of Tomatoes and the return of the four assassins

The Knight of Tomatoes and the return of the four assassins

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14 mai • 5
Dragnea has hit a rough patch : his weapons – total victimization and extreme populism – had to be activated. On Sunday, he swung them in action. The four Athénée Palace assassins returned, more resolute than ever to fulfil their mission. The forces of darkness were gathering over PSD leaders and their government. The PSD […]
Europe Day in Romania - same time, different place: a historic achievement and and a resounding crash

Europe Day in Romania – same time, different place: a historic achievement and and a resounding crash

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11 mai
Thursday, May 9th, was a day of great contrasts. On Europe Day, at the EU Sibiu summit, President Klaus Iohannis succeeded in projecting the bright image of a Romania capable of sporting a little normalcy, offering a small show of national pride. This time everything went well. The small Transylvanian city revealed the beautiful face […]
Dragnea's "fixer" in the judiciary system and at the Constitutional Court

Dragnea’s „fixer” in the judiciary system and at the Constitutional Court

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08 mai
The appointment of an opportunist judge and of an obedient prosecutor at the Constitutional Court secures a PSD controlled majority in one of the most important institutions of the Romanian state. However, it would be illusory to expect 9 years of loyalty, given the doubtful quality, human and otherwise, of the appointees. Just as Petre […]
The feast with the public sector salaries, a time-bomb set by the PSD. Who will defuse it?

The feast with the public sector salaries, a time-bomb set by the PSD. Who will defuse it?

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06 mai
The expenditure on public sector salaries has exploded. It is apparent even from the statistics put out by the PSD government. The question now is not if the government is going to start slashing public sector jobs, but when. The PSD government knows full well that it set up a time-bomb that could go off […]
A party that is toxic for press freedom. Dragnea has pushed censorship and self-censorship in the media to new heights

A party that is toxic for press freedom. Dragnea has pushed censorship and self-censorship in the media to new heights

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03 mai
On World Press Freedom Day we must be able to say loudly and clearly that PSD was and is toxic for the Romanian press. Whenever this Party has been in power, it has brutally mistreated the media, issuing threats and abusing its position, or buying out media outlets with a view to mishandle information. PSD […]
The Chamber of Deputies, the decision forum, adopted the amendments to the Criminal Codes / The Minister for Development stood among the members of the UDMR party during to voting procedure, without the votes of which the changes would not have passed

The Chamber of Deputies, the decision forum, adopted the amendments to the Criminal Codes / The Minister for Development stood among the members of the UDMR party during to voting procedure, without the votes of which the changes would not have passed

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26 apr. • 1
Et tu, Viorica?

Et tu, Viorica?

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25 apr. • 1
On Wednesday, following proof of a working PSD-ALDE majority in Parliament, PSD leader Liviu Dragnea gave Prime Minister Dăncilă an ultimatum: either a government restructuration after the holidays, or 45 days with interim ministers. On a rather curt tone, Dragnea told journalists that on Monday, coalition leaders voted for a restructuration, while the Prime Minister’s […]
The EU Commission's preventive strike: Article 7 veiled threat if the government releases the emergency decree meant to save Dragnea

The EU Commission’s preventive strike: Article 7 veiled threat if the government releases the emergency decree meant to save Dragnea

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03 apr. • 1
On Tuesday evening, the European Commission made an unusual gesture, on the far outskirts of diplomatic practice. Faced with Liviu Dragnea’s pressures for the release on an emergency decree meant to “resolve his case”, the Commission announced that on Wednesday it would be discussing the respect of the rule of law in Romania. A European […]
The "greed tax" - PSD's great failure. Dragnea's conqueror aura is dimming and Vâlcov is one step closer to being ousted

The „greed tax” – PSD’s great failure. Dragnea’s conqueror aura is dimming and Vâlcov is one step closer to being ousted

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31 mart.
How the PSD became beholden to Dan Voiculescu. The virulent anti-EU discourse exported from Antena 3 studios directly to Brussels

How the PSD became beholden to Dan Voiculescu. The virulent anti-EU discourse exported from Antena 3 studios directly to Brussels

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28 mart.
Of the nine eligible positions allotted to the PSD for the EU elections, three are taken by Dan Voiculescu’s people: Carmen Avram, Chris Terhes and Maria Grapini. With the mogul’s loyal soldiers on its lists, the PSD strengthens its xenophobic and pro-corruption message, joining the growing ranks of the anti-EU faction of Orban, Salvini, and […]
Major change in tactics. The emergency decree meant to save Dragnea - announced, owned, and negotiated in Brussels

Major change in tactics. The emergency decree meant to save Dragnea – announced, owned, and negotiated in Brussels

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27 mart.
This time it’s different : the attempts at amending criminal law and saving Liviu Dragnea &co from the long arm of the law are performed in plain sight. They are owned and not undertaken at night, under the cover of darkness, as the case has been so far. After January 2017, and July and December […]
A petition to exclude PSD from the family of European socialists was filed in the European Parliament: the exclusion of PSD would be a reaffirmation of the values and goals of the S&D Alliance

A petition to exclude PSD from the family of European socialists was filed in the European Parliament: the exclusion of PSD would be a reaffirmation of the values and goals of the S&D Alliance

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13 mart. • 6
The Aprozar revival vs Artificial Intelligence. Why Dragnea tries to get us back into the arms of the daddy state

The Aprozar revival vs Artificial Intelligence. Why Dragnea tries to get us back into the arms of the daddy state

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11 mart. • 1
Don’t be fooled: Dragnea hates the proverbial communist Aprozar (grocery store) full of Vietnamese shrimp and homegrown tomatoes. For a merchant who literally put water into the beer he was trading, bent as he was on escaping his native Teleorman, champagne socialism means champagne for real. But Dragnea is now appealing to the demons of […]
A Unique moment: How Kovesi found out that she won and why the MEPs preferred her

A Unique moment: How Kovesi found out that she won and why the MEPs preferred her

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27 feb. • 5
I stumbled upon her at the airport in Brussels as she was heading to the boarding gate, accompanied only by an aide. The flight has an hour delay, so it is entirely possible, I tell her, that we will find out, even before take-off, the result of the vote in the LIBE Commission scheduled for […]
The miscalculations of Mr. Dragnea

The miscalculations of Mr. Dragnea

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26 feb. • 35
Why did the PSD’s leader attend the Congress of the European Socialists in Madrid, anyway, where he was basically „slaughtered” and publicly humiliated by his own? What did he expect? What calculations did he make? Only Dragnea knows the answer to that question; the most we can do is speculate. The first plausible explanation is […]
The link between Toader's Decree and Dragnea

The link between Toader’s Decree and Dragnea

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20 feb.
With the newly adopted emergency decree, Liviu Dragnea takes one of the last steps towards the takeover of the Prosecutor’s Office, setting a specific deadline for the completion of the operation: 45 days. The media and pundits have veered into technical explanations, but the purely political nature of the emergency decree is worth highlighting. We […]
Kovesi's investigation: another step towards the Republic of Thugs

Kovesi’s investigation: another step towards the Republic of Thugs

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14 feb.
Laura Codruţa Kovesi’s investigation confirms all the fears expressed last year by the Venice Commission, the GRECO report and the CVM warnings, and the alarm signals rang by the magistrates in connection with the special section for the investigation of magistrates. Only three months after its establishment (October 2018), the section has executed its first […]
VIDEO The head of the Foreign Investors Council: "Decree 114 is toxic for business". On demonizing the companies with foreign ownership: "It's an opportunistic game of looking for scapegoats"

VIDEO The head of the Foreign Investors Council: „Decree 114 is toxic for business”. On demonizing the companies with foreign ownership: „It’s an opportunistic game of looking for scapegoats”

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12 feb. • 19
DOCUMENTS Prosecutor Tudorel Toader in the Communist Party archives: As a member of the Communist Party, he conscientiously fulfills the tasks entrusted to him, showing spirit of initiative and being combative in the general assemblies

DOCUMENTS Prosecutor Tudorel Toader in the Communist Party archives: As a member of the Communist Party, he conscientiously fulfills the tasks entrusted to him, showing spirit of initiative and being combative in the general assemblies

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09 feb. • 4
What Tudorel Toader knows

What Tudorel Toader knows

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08 feb. • 4
The former prosecutor in Panciu knows, since the time he was investigating petty crimes, that with time, evidence becomes obsolete, that witnesses start forgetting things, some die, while others leave the country and that it is quite the challenge to retry a case years after the facts, and after a final sentencing has been issued. […]
Call of the Romanian Judges and Prosecutors to the European Union Members States’ Justice Ministers

Call of the Romanian Judges and Prosecutors to the European Union Members States’ Justice Ministers

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07 feb. • 2
Call of the Romanian Judges and Prosecutors to the European Union Members States’ Justice Ministers Your Excellencies, In the context of your 6th to 8th February 2019 visit to Bucharest, in order to take part to the informal reunion of Justice and Domestic Affairs Ministers of the European Union Members States, the Romanian Judges’ Forum […]