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| THE WEEK IN REVIEW 31/08- 6/09/2009 |
| (2009-09-04) |
| Last updated: 2009-09-10 13:31 EET |
The Romanian government will assume responsibility in Parliament for the draft laws on education, single payment system in state owned enterprises and the reshuffling of government agencies, says Prime Minister Emil Boc.
“Nobody loses from their revenues after the enforcement of the new law, not even those in the justice system. Meanwhile we have established the quotient of 1:12 between the lowest and the highest income in the public sector; the principle underlying the law is that those in the low income bracket will see their salaries increase more rapidly, while high salaries will stop rising.”
Under the new education law, compulsory education will be of ten years, the high-school graduation will include only three exams. The state will open a 500 euro bank account for every newborn. The unions are discontented with the current form of the draft laws and are threatening with protest rallies calling for government resignation.
Bucharest has recently seen the annual meeting of the Romanian diplomacy, a good opportunity for Romanian foreign minister, Cristian Diaconescu to present the top priorities of Romania’s foreign policy. Diaconescu said that Romania would continue to assume its rights and obligation as an EU and NATO member and will get involved in revising the Alliance’s new strategic concept and the finalization of the Union’s institutional reform through the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty. Romania will equally meet the commitments assumed before the European and North-Atlantic partners in Afghanistan. Diaconescu went on to say that in spite of artificial tensions, Bucharest would continue to support the European aspiration of the neighboring Republic of Moldova, an ex-soviet country with a Romanian-speaking population. Furthermore, the Romanian official pleaded for a pragmatic relation with Russia, particularly in the field of economic cooperation. Pragmatism and austerity in time of crisis are the leitmotifs of the instructions given to Romanian diplomats abroad. Diaconescu announced that the personnel of some Romanian consulates in Europe, Latin America and Far East will be reduced for economic reasons. In exchange Romania will step up its diplomatic presence in Central Asia and the Middle East.
The Romanian Foreign Minister has paid a visit to the Netherlands, though he had canceled it following the publication of an extremely critical report on the Romanian justice, drafted by Government in the Hague. After talks with his Dutch counterpart, Cristian Diaconescu changed his mind and the visit turned out quite positive, as the minister himself stated:
“The Dutch Parliament has decided not to support the enforcement of the safeguard clause or sanctions against Romania, which means that we will carry on talks on the progress in the justice system only based on the verification mechanism. Also, during the talks with the foreign and European affairs ministers we tackled issues regarding cooperation in Afghanistan, the initiation of a EU strategy on the Roma population, and the Netherlands’ willingness to support Romania in strengthening its eastern border, which is also an EU border.
The Romanian Justice Minister, Catalin Predoiu, has held talks with chiefs of prosecutor’s offices, courts and courts of appeal in Romania on the magistrate’s protests of late, but has not managed to convince them to give them up. Unhappy with the under-funding of the judiciary, with the payment criteria proposed by the Government, under which they will get significantly smaller incomes, judges and prosecutors have decided to narrow their activity to just emergency cases. The magistrates’ protests have been joined by clerks, archive keepers and auxiliary staff.
Bucharest, alongside four other cities: Sibiu, Brasov, Iasi and Cluj, is hosting until September 26th the George Enescu International Festival. The event, which has reached its 19th edition, is held every two years. The first one was held in 1958, then halted in 1971 by the Communist regime. This year, participating are 185 artists, orchestras and conductors from across the world. The program includes symphonic concerts, chamber concerts, recitals, opera shows, ballet performances, musicology symposiums and fine art exhibitions. The festival also includes a contest of composition and performing, which has three sections: piano, violin and composition. In another development, the city of Brasov, in central Romania is playing host to the International Music Festival the Golden Stag, which includes a singing contest, a Winners’ Gala and a so-called superstar evening. The last day is devoted to Romanian traditional music.
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