Dan Dungaciu criticizes the “obsession with stability” and says the new government lacks the political strength to carry out structural reforms

Dan Dungaciu, AUR’s first deputy president, criticizes the current governing formula and argues that the constant invocation of political stability has ended up producing the opposite effect: blocking reforms and keeping the same actors in power. The statements were made in the context of the formation of the new Executive.

According to Dungaciu, the changes between the ruling party and the opposition represent merely a “rearrangement” of the parties, without changing the underlying political architecture. He believes that the new Government will be able to manage, at most, current issues and the drafting of the budget, but will not have the capacity to implement a vision or carry out structural changes.

AUR’s first deputy president says that the current parliamentary configuration will force every reform into ad hoc negotiations between parties with different interests. In his opinion, public administration reform could be carried out substantially by AUR, a party that does not have an extensive network of mayors and would be less dependent on local political pressures.

Dungaciu warns that, without fundamental measures, the new Cabinet risks being a weaker continuation of the Bolojan government. He says that AUR is also maintaining the option of a motion of no confidence and argues that early elections could give Romania a more solid majority and greater credibility in the eyes of investors and external financial institutions.