Romania’s election: in spite of the PSD’s comeback, anti-establishment sentiment is stronger than ever

Stoica, Mihnea (2016) Romania’s election: in spite of the PSD’s comeback, anti-establishment sentiment is stronger than ever. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) Blog (13 Dec 2016). Website.

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Only a year ago, Romania’s Social Democratic Party (PSD) were in deep trouble over corruption allegations, whose magnitude was exposed after a deadly incident in a Bucharest night club. How did the PSD, then, end up winning the 11 December parliamentary elections? Mihnea Stoica explains that the hesitation showed by the technocratic PM Dacian Cioloș to shake up the country’s administrative system has negatively impacted on the National Liberal Party (PNL) that supports him, thus contributing to the PSD’s comeback.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/
Additional Information:	© 2016 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
Date Deposited:	22 Mar 2017 12:30
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 15:02
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/70025

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