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Articles de cet auteur (12)

Romania’s Postponed Presidential Elections : A National Security Risk and Its Consequences for the EU and NATO

Both the domestic and international political arenas have been rocked by the annulment of Romania’s presidential elections. The candidate at the centre of the dispute is Călin Georgescu, whose sudden ascent and subsequent disqualification raise serious concerns about both Romania’s national (…)

jeudi 13 mars 2025

La carrera presidencial de Rumanía empieza en el Parlamento Europeo

Así es. Las disputas políticas rumanas se juegan en Bruselas y se introducen más adelante, sagazmente, en la esfera pública nacional. ¿Os acordáis de Manfred Weber, el Spitzenkandidat del PPE ? Pues bien, el grupo liberal (y recién formado) Renew Europe tuvo la osadía de no apoyarlo, lo que (…)

mercredi 7 août 2019

A German mayor for a Romanian city ?

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 Sibiu for 14 years before becoming the President of Romania back in 2014. Dominic Samuel Fritz, born in the (…)

mardi 30 juillet 2019

Romania’s presidential race starts in the European Parliament

It’s on. Romanian political turf wars are taking place in Brussels and are then launched in the most perspicacious of ways onto the public scene back home. Still remembering Manfred Weber ? The EPP’s Spitzenkandidat ? Well, the newly formed liberal Renew Europe Group dared not to support him, (…)

jeudi 11 juillet 2019

The Union’s Ouroboros

Shots fired. The East-West divide is back, alive and kicking. On 5 July, newly elected Conservative MEP and former Romanian President – Traian Basescu – accused Western European states of completely isolating Eastern Europe, first around the Eurozone, and now by not nominating anyone for a top (…)

lundi 8 juillet 2019

Room for manoeuvre : Kövesi and Romania’s German connection

Never before have the Union’s heads of state and government spent so much time negotiating the top jobs. Spitzenkandidaten process down the drain or not, the fact that these positions are being treated with such importance by EU member states clearly shows that Brussels matters more than ever. (…)

samedi 6 juillet 2019

Janus : Too little too late, and emerging European federalism via Romania

One neck, two faces. Facing the future while looking at the past – now anchored in the present. The Roman god of duality, transitions and new beginnings, Janus (Latin IANVS) and his symbolism are rather descriptive of how Romanian president Iohannis positioned himself lately, before finally (…)

samedi 29 juin 2019

Mulțumesc, Klaus ! Mulțumesc, România !

“I would like to thank President Iohannis and his entire team for an energetic and successful presidency. You managed to have 90 pieces of legislation agreed in the last 100 days before the European elections, including border protection, reducing CO2 emissions and building a digital Europe. (…)

samedi 22 juin 2019

Renewing Europe : Ciolos in pole position to become political group leader in the European Parliament

No effort goes unnoticed. Or at least, that’s what one should always hope for. Just before the elections, I wrote about a possible [shift of power and Romania’s European Renaissance->https://euelectionsromania.com/a-shift-of-power-romanias-european-renaissance. The results confirmed the (…)

jeudi 13 juin 2019

Catching the wave : Romania’s parliamentary opportunity

The dust of political battles and referenda has settled (for now) and Romania’s elected MEPs and political party heads are ferociously negotiating allegiances and parliamentary committees for the next 5 years. The current parliamentary constellation puts Romania in an unprecedented position of (…)

mardi 4 juin 2019

Romania : Our karma ran over their dogma

When was the last time that you stood in line for something or someone, or simply to get something done, for over 6 hours ? Do you remember ? During Sunday’s European elections, Romanians that voted abroad had to endure endless queues just to cast their vote. The most basic expression of a (…)

mardi 28 mai 2019

A shift of power : Romania’s European Renaissance ?

We have witnessed the most colourful and content-driven EU elections campaign in Romania since it joined the bloc in 2007. The civil society, the political parties, the private sector behave according to their European age : Romania will turn 13 in January 2020 and is already celebrating its bar (…)

samedi 25 mai 2019

Ioan Bucuraș