Romania political briefing: Outlook for 2023 in politics: efforts to maintain political
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- 08 Feb 2023
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Outlook for 2023 in politics: efforts to maintain political stability on a challenging background
The political class will have to face several crisis during 2023 and, at the same time, to start the preparations in the view of the parliamentary, presidential and European parliamentary elections in 2024. A major touchstone for politics in Romania will take place at the end of May, when the change of the Prime Ministers in the governing coalition is established. The political parties will have to continue the efforts for entering the Schengen area after the failure at the end of 2022 and to continue the needed reforms and public policies for joining the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The absorption of the European Union (EU) funds remains among the priorities, in order to avoid economic recession.
The political year of 2023 is going to be difficult due to several crises that are already envisaged, on the background of a vulnerable stability of the governing alliance, which could be easily threatened. The political parties must work together for facing the economic crisis and to build a sustainable strategy for supporting population in the energy price crisis, while carefully monitoring the crisis generated by the war in Ukraine. Moreover, the preparation period for the elections in 2024 is about to begin.
Back in 2022, the political stage managed to maintain its stability through the alliance between the two most important parties, the Social Democrat Party (SDP) and the National Liberal Party (NLP), although they were previously opponents in the last parliamentary elections. The opposition, represented by the Union Save Romania (USR) party, was struggling with internal conflicts, therefore no major turbulences affected the political situation. However, things are about to change, as Romania is getting closer to the next elections in 2024. The following year is especially significant for politics as local, parliamentary, presidential and European parliamentary elections will take place, therefore all parties are interested in securing as much of the votes as possible. While intentions for building a better image in front of the citizens could be seen in the past year, it is expected that such activities will intensify this year. In addition, one of the most important agreements of the parties forming the governing coalition in November 2021 was to have a change in prime ministers. Therefore, if in the first part of the governing period, the Prime Minister was a person nominated by NLP, starting with the end of May 2023, the first position in the Government should be yielded in favour of SDP. Several other similar rotations will take place for the Ministries of Transportation, Finance, Justice, Investments and European Projects. Read More…
