1. Einleitung: Krisen über Krisen
Die Behauptung, die Krise in Rumänien sei lediglich eine Fortsetzung einer bereits vorhandenen vielschichtigen Krisensituation, kommt der Wahrheit ziemlich nahe.
„Was den Rumäninnen und Rumänen in ihrem Staat und dessen Gesellschaft heute widerfährt –...
As broadly anticipated in the pre-election piece on Romania, the country’s main right-wing party won the European elections, the National Liberal Party (EPP), which gathers most elements of previous right-wing governments, gained nearly 27% of the votes. On second place came the Social Democratic...
In Romania, the European elections come against the background of an upsurge in class struggle that has not been matched, though, by any significant left-wing option at the polls on Sunday.
The past year or so has witnessed a wave of important strikes, mostly in the industrial sector. For example,...
Outcomes of the European Parliament Elections in Romania
The most revealing aspect of the 2014 European Parliament elections in Romania is the further move to the right of the governing party, PSD [the Social Democrat Party]. While the party identifies itself as a center-left one, in practice its...
Florentin Iancu, President of the Romanian IT Workers' Union (SITT), reflects on the history of his union, how it differs from other unions and how its members' attitudes to labour have changed over the years.
On December 6, Romanians elected their members of parliament. The elections were held despite the fact that there were record numbers of Covid cases during the last month with more than 5,500 cases on the 1st of December and 148 people dead.
The collective panic of the fear-stricken citizens of the West is accompanied by a particularly irritating hype over how the world will not be the same after Covid-19 is eradicated. For those of us living in Eastern Europe, this is yet another nail in the coffin rather than anything else.
Die Wiedereinführung des Kapitalismus in Staaten wie Rumänien konnte ihre Versprechen nicht halten: Das Land kämpft heute mit Wirtschaftsmigration, großer Einkommensungleichheit, der Aushöhlung der öffentlichen Dienstleistungen, prekären Arbeitsverhältnissen, niedrigen Löhnen und Korruption.