Romania's prime minister designate steps down

Romania's prime minister designate Theodor Stolojan stepped down in a surprise move on Monday, a day after a grand coalition was formed in the country. The daily Evenimentul Zilei writes: "Even if the threats by various politicians that they would step down has long become a bad joke, what Stolojan has done breaks every political code and shows he lacks the sensitivity needed for the job. Right out of the blue the former prime minister decided he no longer wanted to lead the government. It's true that the prospect of leading a coalition of Liberal Democrats (PD-L) and Social Democrats (PSD) had him shaking in his boots, but no one would have forced him to sacrifice himself for the country. ... Stolojan's behaviour is inexcusable. It is outright infantile, that of a spoiled child deprived of his favourite toy. Stolojan cannot now try to pass himself off as innocent. He has flouted the people who had placed their trust in him and put the entire political class in an embarrassing situation."

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