Victor Ponta
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Romania: Ponta takes off
19 December 201216 Jurnalul Naţional Bucharest -
Romania : Election results: Loser takes all?
10 December 201223PresseuropRomânia libera, Jurnalul Naţional, Gandul, România libera -
Romania: Voting for prosperity or politics?
6 December 20121183 Evenimentul zilei Bucharest -
Romania: Victor Ponta’s authoritarian drift
22 June 20121012 Revista 22 Bucharest
In the wake of a year long political crisis prompted by the dispute between President Traian Băsescu and Prime Minister Victor Ponta, Romanians are about to go to the polls to elect both houses of the country’s parliament on December 9. Given the current context, it is difficult to see how there can be a real debate about the state of society. 
Accused of planning to exert systematic control over Romania’s cultural institutions, the new government has been widely condemned by the country’s artistic community. The weekly Revista 22 remarks on the parallels between Ponta’s initiatives and authoritarian excesses in neighbouring Hungary and Ukraine.