Romania’s coming of age: How the transition generation could push Romania toward real political change

Romania’s Prime Minister, Victor Ponta, resigned on 4 November 2015 following a deadly fire in a nightclub in Bucharest. Following the resignation, a new ‘technocratic’ government led by Dacian Cioloș entered office on 17 November. Cristian Nitoiu writes that the recent developments in Romania have coincided with the political coming of age of the country’s ‘transition generation’. He argues that while the new government may not constitute a genuine break with the past, the active political role now played by the generation of Romanians born in the 1980s and 1990s has the potential to generate real political change in the coming years.

ESO: Background information: Romanian protests continue, despite Ponta resignation / Ex-Commissioner Dacian Ciolos to be Romania’s next PM http://www.europeansources.info/record/romanian-protests-continue-despite-ponta-resignation-ex-commissioner-dacian-ciolos-to-be-romanias-next-pm/

Blog: LSE EuroppBlog, 25.11.15: Governing a dysfunctional state: The challenges facing Romania’s new technocratic government http://bit.ly/1R549h7

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