Traian and Calin, together again

The chief of state yesterday during the performance review of the PNL (Liberal Party) – PD (Democrat Party) Alliance commended the Cabinet for its performance in the first year in power and called it “the best-performing Cabinet since 1990.” “I will again label it as the best Government since 1990, and official evaluations stand proof to this. The mention of Romania”s progress in its accession process is included in the country report in October. No Government has ever caught up as fast and the Cabinet reshuffling led to an obvious improvement in the ministry performance,” the President added. This is the second time Basescu has commended Tariceanu”s team for its performance, after a year during which he kept the Cabinet in check with his periodical criticism aimed at sensitive issues such as the customs system, healthcare and public administration. Even more serious than this criticism was the open conflict with the Prime Minister, after the latter refused to go ahead with a plan very dear to the President, the early elections, despite initially saying that he agreed with it. All differences and accusations were put aside yesterday, when the two left together for the Women”s World Handball Championship in Russia, where the Romanian team was playing the final. ZF