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Dragotescu, Corina
4 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Right-wing extremist patrols alarm Romanians
In the Romanian city of Braşov, the right-wing extremist alliance New Right has begun conducting street patrols, allegedly to create order in the city. They claim that their members have been attacked and that the police failed to protect them. The daily Adevărul sees this move as an alarming signal: "The excuse being made by the New Right is hard to accept. It would mean that we would gradually have to replace various institutions with others. That is how dictatorships usually begin. They always justify themselves by saying that society is powerless and there is a need for order. ... The current context plays into the hands of such justifications. The economy is under an IMF dictatorship, the state is becoming ever weaker and corrupter, the politicians are corrupt anyway, parliament must obey the government and the president has an authoritarian tendency. If we don't watch out, we will find one day that the institutions are in a state of emergency because of the crisis, and from there it will only be a small step to dictatorship."
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Grand coalition in Romania
For the first time since the fall of communism Romania will be ruled by a grand coalition between the Liberal-Democratic Party (PDL) and the Social Democrats (PSD). The two parties won the most votes in the general elections in late November. The newspaper Cotidianul fears the consequences of this alliance. "How can we trust a party that says it will fight against the Left when straight after the elections it joins hands with it? ... By doing this the parties have destroyed their moral foundation. They tell the nation that this is only happening because of the economic crisis. ... Before the elections there seemed to be a clear ideological divide between the voters from the Left and the conservatives. Without any scruples and driven by a consuming hunger for power the politicians of Left and Right have cuddled up to each other, claiming the crisis demands such an alliance. But the economic crisis will be over in a year and what will remain? An electorate that no longer sees why it should go to the ballot if ultimately the outcome is so unpredictable."
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The fate of the Roma children in Livorno
Four children of Roma origin died on August 11 in a fire at a camp based near the Italian port of Livorno. The Romanian press has voiced suspicions that the fire was the work of extremists. Corina Dragotescu comments: "It's a well-known fact that the Roma are primarily a Romanian export product. But not only are those who set the fire responsible for the tragedy in Italy; the parents of the children and the Romanian authorities are also to blame. Italy is full of Romanian gypsies who go begging: not only adults, but also the children who are forced to do so by their parents... While the West has already invested a lot of money and many years in social programmes aimed at combating this phenomenon, the Romanian authorities have spent their time looking about uselessly."
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More from the press review on the subject » EU Policy, » Domestic Policy, » Migration, » Minorities, » Italy, » Romania
A Securitate check for Patriarch candidates
The National Council for Research on the Archives of the Securitate (CNSAS) has been entrusted with the task of examining the past of the 25 candidates who hope to succeed the recently deceased Teoctist as patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church. According to the CNSAS, in some cases there is strong evidence of collaboration with the Securitate. Corina Dragotescu comments: "The discussions about the collaboration of clerics with the Securitate are not new. There have been several attempts to throw more light on the problem but there were always setbacks, whether owing to the investigating commission or postponement of the issue. This time there must be clarity, not least because it's important to underscore the Christian dictum of an 'unsullied life'. No doubt other discussions will arise. Can regret about having collaborated with the Securitate mitigate the condemnation which former involvement entails? How can one measure good and evil? These are questions that will have to be answered if it turns out that one of the candidates was indeed a former Securitate agent."
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