Adrian Iorgulescu and Varujan Vosganian have raised the problem of the PNL ideological future at the Summer school of the Liberal Youth. If Vosganian believes that the success if the EU integration imposes a rethinking of the PNL doctrine, Iorgulescu, in exchange, pleads for a unalterable maintaining of the current doctrine the way it had been conceived by the Bratianu family.
Starting from the premise hat the community acquis contains all the Liberal basic values, Vosganian said that the success of the integration has left the Liberalism without objectives. "We haven't defined yet a PNL post-integration ideology. In Europe, Liberalism is an organic element of the common people", the minister said. Consequently, Vosganian pleads for integrating into the Liberalism of some elements that are specific to other right-wing doctrines, such as Christian-democracy and conservatism. The minister explained that the abstract individualism that has been promoted so far might lead to an estrangement from the electorate.
In exchange, Adrian Iorgulescu believes that it is dangerous to give up classical Liberalism as this would help PD (Democrat Party) to push PNL toward the political left, and thus the Democrats would assume the role of the sole right-wing party. "The electoral chunk is on the right side. The battle is for the right side and PNL should stay there at any costs", said Iorgulescu. Otherwise, the Liberals would give up one of their best cards they have before the Democrats, and that is the consistency in doctrine. "Along the 133 years of tradition, we've always faced up with the challenges of the present", he concluded.
Adrian Ilie
Ziua Sambata 1 Septembrie 2007 http://www.ziua.net/english
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