Alina Mungiu-Pippidi
Alina Mungiu-Pippidi (b. 1964) is a Romanian political scientist. President of the Romanian Academic Society think tank, she was behind the Coalition for a Clean Parliament movement, which forced 98 candidates to withdraw from the 2004 Romanian elections for lack of moral integrity. A journalist and writer, producer of the documentary Where Europe Ends, she has taught at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin since 2007.
Updated: 15 November 2011
The anti-corruption policy implemented by successive governments with support from the EU is not only ineffective, but actually aggravates the problem, argues a Romanian editorialist. The solution is a full scale overhaul of the state. But this will only happen when Romania’s politicians assume their responsibility. 
The EU may well soon be split up between the performers, the lame, and the laggards, worries Romanian political scientist Alina Mungiu-Pippidi. And let’s not count on a fake European identity to bring everyone together.