EU must save Romanian democracy

After dismissing the president of the Senate and the speaker of the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday, the Romanian parliament today plans to commence impeachment proceedings against President Traian Băsescu for alleged violations of the constitution. Romania is a failed democracy and Europe must take it under its wing, writes the left-liberal Süddeutsche Zeitung: "A whole new generation has grown up there since the death of the communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, but until today the transformation to a democratic community and a prosperous market economy cannot be called successful. The judiciary is still anything but independent, corruption is as widespread as ever and economic development is being hindered. ... But the EU cannot tolerate such failed democracies in its ranks or it will undermine its own foundations. For that reason support must be given in these countries to the civic organisations and honest politicians who want to overcome the current party system and introduce true democratic conditions."

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