Crin Antonescu is the new leader of the Romanian National Liberal Party (PNL). He defeated the incumbent Calin Popescu Tariceanu comfortably enough at the party’s congress today. He won 873 votes to Tariceanu’s 546.
Antonescu is an interesting character. He joined the National Liberals in the early 1990s. A former leader of the PNL parliamentary group he [...]
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From Calin to Crin…
Posted in Crin Antonescu, European Parliament, National Liberal Party, Romania, Traian Basescu on March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Catching up with Romania
Posted in National Liberal Party, Politics, Romania on August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was fortunate to spend last weekend in Bucharest talking to Liberal candidates ahead of Romania’s parliamentary elections in November.
I cant claim credit for the best answer of the day. In response to the question, “How do you deal with opponents who offer voters a million lei to buy their vote?” an experienced Liberal Senator [...]
A winning plan for the capital
Posted in Bucharest, Ludovic Orban, National Liberal Party, Politics, Romania on May 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a real plan of action for a Liberal mayor:
Widen the four main roads into the city
Create a new outer ring road
Build a new rail link from the centre to the main airport
Extend the underground system to the south western suburbs
Build a new airport to the south of the city
Construct new port facilities in [...]
Everything changes, everything stays the same…
Posted in Bucharest, Cozmin Gusa, National Liberal Party, Politics, Romania, Traian Basescu on May 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You turn your back for 10 minutes and a whole bunch of new parties appear in Romania.
Arrived in Bucharest in the middle of the local elections to discover the Popular Christian Social Union (they almost got all the bases covered there with the name and the Civic Force Party as the newest kids [...]
