While Romania is in the midst of a political crisis and awaiting a new Prime Minister, the reasons for the turmoil are to be found in the economy. Faced with a major budget deficit, the largest in the European Union, and excessively high inflation (11%), the government has implemented an austerity policy which seriously penalizes citizens and their purchasing power.
The report by Guilhem Bernes, our correspondent in Bucharest, can be found in its entirety on the RFI website in Accents d’Europe Accents d’Europe.
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