Romanian government collapses, replaced with opposition

[Lobotomy]

http://www.euronews.com/newswires/14...nfidence-vote/

BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s centre-right government collapsed on Friday when it lost a vote of confidence two months after taking office, raising the prospect of months of political turmoil and casting doubts on an austerity programme.

The surprise result, along with another confidence vote in the Czech Republic due later on Friday, underscores dissatisfaction with belt-tightening even in countries which are not part of the debt-plagued euro zone.

Romania, the European Union’s second-poorest member, cut salaries and raised sales tax to put its economy on a more solid footing. But austerity was a drag on economic recovery and has now brought down the short-lived government of Prime Minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu.

is there anyone around here who has been keeping an eye on this situation lately and who could perhaps explain in a little more detail?

[Anarcho-Brocialist]

I know Moldova is facing similar problems.

[Ostrinski]

The working class of the poorer EU member aren't going to take much more of this "belt tightening."

[Comrade Samuel]

The working class of the poorer EU member aren't going to take much more of this "belt tightening."

Something makes me think eastern Europe isent ready for revolution just yet, from what I hear most who live there are very anti-communist after the years of soviet influence leading them to their current state.

I would like to hear some details about this opposition that has taken power; will they be any better than the old government? (well they dident set the bar very high) but to hear there is unrest in one former eastern bloc country could be a sign of things to come afterall right after eygpt and Libya received western media attention the whole middle-east erupted in revolution.

[Lobotomy]

yeah, there has been a decent amount of unrest over austerity in Romania in the past few months but I just don't know what exactly is going on with the ruling class. the election was coming up in a few months and the former government was very unpopular, so why didn't the opposition just wait until the election?