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Dragnea's plan to get rid of Tudorel Toader

Dragnea’s plan to get rid of Tudorel Toader

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29 oct.
The time has come for Tudorel Toader to be evaluated. After evaluating others, which essentially meant inventing a simple pretext to oust them from a given position, the hunter came to be hunted. All the talk about a government reshuffle seems to be a pretext for changing Toader from the Justice Ministry and, perhaps, Paul […]
Experts: Harmful changes in the Penal Code, operated by SDP-ALDE and passed by the Constitutional Court. Criminal legislation is relaxed, defendants are favored

Experts: Harmful changes in the Penal Code, operated by SDP-ALDE and passed by the Constitutional Court. Criminal legislation is relaxed, defendants are favored

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29 oct.
The big robbery in the forests, encouraged by the Government. Custodians administering the protected areas have been left without power and the theft of wood has already begun. The state took over their work with institutions which are non-functioning and without budget

The big robbery in the forests, encouraged by the Government. Custodians administering the protected areas have been left without power and the theft of wood has already begun. The state took over their work with institutions which are non-functioning and without budget

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26 oct. • 1
Why President Iohannis and the PPE want to bury the European Parliament's resolution on un-democratic excesses in Romania

Why President Iohannis and the PPE want to bury the European Parliament’s resolution on un-democratic excesses in Romania

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23 oct. • 5
On Tuesday, President Klaus Iohannis said in Strasbourg that it would be „extremely unusual” for the European Parliament to vote on a resolution on a Member State which is about to take over the rotating EU presidency. In other words, it would be strange for Romania to take over the presidency of the EU on […]
How the Anticorruption Directorate got into a coma

How the Anticorruption Directorate got into a coma

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18 oct. • 2
The new conditions for a prosecutor to be appointed at the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) are merely the last blows that de facto paralyze the institution’s activity, which has been agonizing for almost two years. Augustin Lazar and Anca Jurma are now making desperate efforts to limit as much as possible the devastating effects of […]
A dramatic drop in euro-optimism in Romania: only 49% of the citizens support EU membership, ten points less than in April

A dramatic drop in euro-optimism in Romania: only 49% of the citizens support EU membership, ten points less than in April

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17 oct. • 2
The latest Eurobarometer survey commissioned by the European Parliament shows that only 49% of Romanians (representing10 points fewer on the previous Eurobarometer in April 2018) see their country’s EU membership as a good thing. In Romania, the minimum historical level was reached in October 2017, when only 48% of them saw EU membership as a […]
The new law on judicial organization combined with Tudorel Toader's Government Emergency Plan Risks to Blow Up DNA Activity / A little detail slipped into the law has a potentially destructive effect of corruption files / The SCM is expected to make an interpretive decision

The new law on judicial organization combined with Tudorel Toader’s Government Emergency Plan Risks to Blow Up DNA Activity / A little detail slipped into the law has a potentially destructive effect of corruption files / The SCM is expected to make an interpretive decision

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17 oct.
Experts: What are the harmful changes to the Code of Criminal Procedure that have passed the Constitutional Court filter, or have not been challenged before the Court

Experts: What are the harmful changes to the Code of Criminal Procedure that have passed the Constitutional Court filter, or have not been challenged before the Court

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16 oct. • 289
Everything for Dragnea, short of amnesty and pardon

Everything for Dragnea, short of amnesty and pardon

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15 oct.
The good news is that Tudorel Toader did not provide the much dreamt of amnesty and pardon ardently fantasized by Liviu Dragnea. Did he force its adoption anew? Did he amp up the pressure on the Minister of Justice summoned at the party HQ in the dead of the night? Very likely. Only the nuclear […]
Who is Florin Păsătoiu, the man who used Russian propaganda to launch the fake-news about a bilateral co-operation agreement between Russia and Romania

Who is Florin Păsătoiu, the man who used Russian propaganda to launch the fake-news about a bilateral co-operation agreement between Russia and Romania

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15 oct.
The Constitutional Court partially or totally rejected over 60 amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code and accepted about 30 / Some of the most important changes for Dragnea, declared unconstitutional

The Constitutional Court partially or totally rejected over 60 amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code and accepted about 30 / Some of the most important changes for Dragnea, declared unconstitutional

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14 oct.
Defrauding the state budget in 5 steps: Dragnea and Vâlcov's strategy to get rid of the EU verification nightmare

Defrauding the state budget in 5 steps: Dragnea and Vâlcov’s strategy to get rid of the EU verification nightmare

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10 oct. • 5
Liviu Dragnea’s big problem with Tel Drum stems from the alleged fraud of European funds. Since he took over SDP from Victor Ponta, and started preparing for the exercise of government, Liviu Dragnea and his loyalists, headed by Darius Vâlcov, have laid the theoretical basis of a system that offers them virtually unlimited access to […]
Sources: Liviu Dragnea's plan if the referendum were valid

Sources: Liviu Dragnea’s plan if the referendum were valid

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09 oct. • 3
Several sources from within the SDP told G4Media.ro that, had the referendum been valid, as some opinion poll announced it would, the SDP leader Liviu Dragnea would have been preparing to launch his presidential candidacy shortly after announcing its results. According to the sources, an alleged opinion poll conducted by the institute led by Mirel […]
The big winners of the referendum

The big winners of the referendum

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08 oct.
Politically, the winners of the failed referendum on the redefinition of the family as exclusively the marriage between a man and a woman have been the ones who have opposed this initiative from the beginning. These are newcomers to the Romanian political scene, USR and Romania Together (RO +) of Dacian Cioloş, but also the […]
The Romanian Orthodox Church's failure on the referendum: more humility would not go amiss

The Romanian Orthodox Church’s failure on the referendum: more humility would not go amiss

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08 oct. • 2
It is hard to imagine a more difficult context for the inauguration of the Cathedral of the Salvation of the Nation than the one given by the painful failure of the Romanian Orthodox Church in the referendum aimed at redefining marriage. With this referendum the Romanian Orthodox Church (BOR) leadership is paying for all the […]
The referendum's big losers and who is gaining from a major failure

The referendum’s big losers and who is gaining from a major failure

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07 oct. • 4
The failure of the referendum for the family represents a striking defeat for several political leaders, with Liviu Dragnea featuring at the top of the list, followed by the Orthodox Church and Patriarch Daniel, by a part of the press involved in supporting the referendum, but also by Russia, who would have benefited in the […]
How to steal a referendum: three methods

How to steal a referendum: three methods

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05 oct. • 2
First, by amending the law. Specifically, by Government Emergency Decree 86/2018 amending the law on the organization and conduct of the referendum. The Decree entered into force on September 18, 2018 and will apply to this referendum. Here is one of a long string of changes brought to the law: Throughout the annexes no. 2-6, […]
"Save Dragnea from Prison" series, season 3. In which Dragnea needs two emergency decrees for his ambitious plan

„Save Dragnea from Prison” series, season 3. In which Dragnea needs two emergency decrees for his ambitious plan

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04 oct. • 5
The new season in the „Save Dragnea from Prison” series has started, the most dramatic and thrilling to date. The previous seasons, those of January 2017 and July 2018 (extraordinary Parliamentary sessions), ended without a happy end for the SDP leader. On October 8th, the High Court begins hearings on the appeal in the fictitious […]
How fair are the key messages on the judiciary and on the 10th of August protests transmitted by Viorica Dăncilă and SDP-ALDE in the European Parliament

How fair are the key messages on the judiciary and on the 10th of August protests transmitted by Viorica Dăncilă and SDP-ALDE in the European Parliament

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03 oct. • 6
Romanian Judges' Forum Association – White Paper - Cooperation protocols between the Romanian Information Service and various judicial authorities

Romanian Judges’ Forum Association – White Paper – Cooperation protocols between the Romanian Information Service and various judicial authorities

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03 oct.
Romania takes a shortcut to the exit

Romania takes a shortcut to the exit

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02 oct. • 5
When some drivers break all traffic rules in order to move faster than others, traffic gets worse. Due to a small number of rule-breakers intersections get jammed, chaos increases, car-queues stretch over kilometers, accidents happen, and the city gets topsy-turvy. Only fear of punishment and education change driving behavior. When the fear of the law […]