Romania needs a technocrat

The resignation of the Boc government was overdue, the left-liberal daily Süddeutsche Zeitung writes, and hopes that an independent technocrat will put the country back on track: "The healthcare reform is a failure, the judicial reform leaves much to be desired and ailing state enterprises are still running up huge losses. ... The crux of the problem is the political system. Unfortunately it needs more time to renew itself than the country has at its disposal. None of the big parties, neither the ruling conservatives nor the allied opposition Social Democrats or Liberals, have the whereabouts to offer a new start. No leading politician stands above the hue and cry and the petty scrambling for influence, posts and money. Just like in Greece, clientelist structures and egoistic party cadres are paralysing the country. For that reason the best thing would be for an independent technocrat to take over the helm - and finally change the course."

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