Romanians’ Resilience / Romania: Reflections on the street protests and the country’s communist past / Survey evidence: Why people are protesting in Romania / Romania protests: no flash in the pan

Protests have continued in Romania in February 2017 despite the government revoking a controversial decree that would have decriminalised some forms of misconduct by public officials. Dennis Deletant traces the roots of the protest through Romania’s communist past, writing that corruption, autocratic impulses, and incompetence have characterised the attitudes and actions of successive governments and the bureaucracy since the revolution.

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