Exclusive! Original draft of Ponta’s letter to Barroso discovered
Sadly, the final draft can be seen here. Continue reading Exclusive! Original draft of Ponta’s letter to Barroso discovered
Sadly, the final draft can be seen here. Continue reading Exclusive! Original draft of Ponta’s letter to Barroso discovered
It has come to my attention that not one but TWO different professors (each teaching a different subject) here in Cluj-Napoca have been using either me, the writings on this website or some other material I’ve produced as teaching materials in their class. I have also heard an indirect report that a third professor in Bucharest is doing the same. Furthermore, I happened to discover … Continue reading Uh…. you’re welcome?
Oh lord! Well as I mentioned before, Ponta was given “11 commandments” by Barroso last week and was required to return a written response two days ago (Monday). By mid-day (see here), Ponta had failed to do so. Apparently some time late on Monday, Ponta transmitted the following document written in shamefully ignorant English. There’s a PDF of this online but for your ease in … Continue reading The text of Victor Ponta’s letter to EU Commission President Barroso, in which many lies and half-truths are told in broken, shitty English
As I’ve written about before, on the surface of things it seems a little strange that the USL is in such a rush to dominate the levers of power and effect this coup d’etat to steamroller their political opponents. A slower and more nuanced strategy would’ve avoided all of the condemnation (and now direct intervention) from the European Union and would’ve garnered more popular and … Continue reading Why the coup in Romania is happening right now