Romania’s government crisis prices the country’s nerves — and its credit
President Nicușor Dan says Romania cannot wait any longer for a designation. The room that can produce 233 votes does not exist yet, and the cost of waiting is no longer only political: early elections remain unwanted but no longer excluded, while…
The 2026 National School for Democracy, seen from within
The tenth National School for Democracy, held in Bucharest from August 26 to 29, 2026, brought together experts and participants to explore democracy as something shaped not only by institutions, but by everyday choices.
The mental cost of prolonged electoral uncertainty how institutional ambiguity erodes the mind
There are political crises that do not begin with violence, censorship or dramatic institutional collapse. They begin with uncertainty that lasts too long. An election is supposed to convert conflict into procedure. Citizens disagree, parties compete,…