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EDITORIAL

Strategic project and pragmatic action – Roxana Iordache – Ziua – read here -
“Since December 2004, Romania's international policy has been chaotic, lay, and contradictory. It has also been lacking in initiative and hesitatingly reactive. That is the reason why we've come to be treated as a second hand people and a no brand country”.

POLITICS

Stolojan and Boc stood godfathers for PDL – Adrian Ilie – Ziua – read here -
“The Democrat Liberal Party (PDL) was officially set up last Saturday, when the PD (Democrat Party) and PLD (Liberal Democrat Party) Congresses voted for the change of the PD name into the Democrat Liberal Party and the PLD absorption into the new party. The organizers took great care in not having unpleasant surprises, so that almost nobody growled. That's how the PD members voted the merging protocol even though many of them didn't get to read it“.

Electorate, cautious over PDL – Adrian Ilie – Ziua – read here -
“PD (Democrat Party) and PLD (Liberal Democrat Party) might have got, separately, 46% of the votes expressed at the next election, according to the latest INSOMAR poll, carried during 6-10 December 2007. However, the potential electorate of PD and PLD are rather cautious over the new PDL (Democrat Liberal Party). Ten per cent out of them explicitly reject the fusion, and 40% still haven't made a clear opinion in this respect”.

PIN has enlarged its central leadership – Razvan Gheorghe – Ziua – read here -
“Deputy Cozmin Gusa was reelected the president of PIN (National Initiative Party) last Saturday, within the Extraordinary National Assembly of his political party, with 252 votes "for", 4 votes "against" and 2 abstentions. At the same time, Deputy Lavinia Sandru was elected the vice-president of the party, for a new mandate. The leadership structure of the party was enlarged, as now ten young politicians manage it from the top”.

LATEST

CSAT meeting on relations with the Republic of Moldova – Adrian Ilie – Ziua – read here -
“Supreme National Defence Council (CSAT) shall meet on Tuesday, 15.00 hrs, to analyze, among others, the situation emerged after the authorities in Chishinau had expelled two Romanian diplomats, says a Mediafax release that quotes official sources. President Basescu has already discussed the case with PM Tariceanu and with the Foreign Affairs minister, Adrian Cioroianu”.