Taranu on the Romanian Government Resignation: That’s the Way Europeans Do

On Monday, December 7, Romanian Prime Minister, Chairman of the National Liberal Party Ludovic Orban, resigned from his post of head of the Cabinet of Ministers. Political analyst Anatol Taranu claimed this resignation is a great achievement for the Romanian political system,  ipn.md noted. “I believe that Ludovic Orban acted as a European politician, as Europeans do, heads of parties who have not achieved the announced result, who usually resign. We must congratulate Mr. Orban on this achievement. He acted in a European way,” Anatol Taranu said during the program“Punctul pe AZi ”on TVR Moldova. Anatol Taranu believes that ex-Prime Minister Orban’s mandate was difficult, as he had to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic and in addition he was overshadowed by the President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis. “I think Ludovic Orban was one of the most successful chairmen of the NLP. He achieved results for NLP. Orban had a very difficult mandate. The period when the pandemic occurred, economic problems, social problems. He had to deal with all these crisis elements, and politics is a very tough business. Due to this resignation, Orban relieves some pressure from Klaus Johannis, this must be understood. Orban was the party chairman who was constantly overshadowed by another party chairman - Klaus Iohannis,” Anatol Taranu said. In addition, the analyst claimed that after the presidential elections on December 5 and 6, Romania joined the European tendencies - to have anti-system parties in institutions. “As Ludovic Orban acted in a European way, so did the Romanian electorate. AUR - Alliance for the Unification of Romanians, which is now arousing interest, so much debate is the alignment of Romania to the trends that exist in European politics, namely the presence of anti-system parties in Europe. Let us recall the German party “Alternative for Germany”, the party of Le Pen from France,” Anatol Taranu added. Romanian political scientist Iulian Fota noted that as a result of the parliamentary elections, the Romanians had to decide which direction the country was heading, a thing that did not happen due to the low participation in the voting. “The meaning of the elections is for political people to understand what do people want, what is the direction people want the country to move towards. People vote to clearly tell us what direction Romania is heading to. Sunday's vote did not resolve this dilemma, this concern. After Sunday's vote, we do not know what direction the Romanian people want Romania to follow,” Iulian Fota said.