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

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

Why the coup in Romania is happening right now

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