Romanian ‘sovereigntists’ (nationalists) gleefully promote Russia, Putin, Russia’s historical interests and Putin’s latest interests. “Sovereigntists” – what a perverse definition of the word!
Looking at the political landscape through the prism of the cruel suffering and long-term trauma that Romania has endured due to its geographic position next to Russia, the colossus which for centuries has fed on and grows only from the destruction of others, two horrors emerge:
- There are Romanian politicians who, mimicking patriotism, sovereignty and impeccable morals, take on the role of greyhounds in their own country for the Moscow hunter.
- Secondly, there is still a Romanian public for these greyhounds whose goal is to alienate their country.
George Simion, Diana Șoșoacă and – of late the (the red) star on the rise – Călin Georgescu_ are the main pillars of Putinist Russia, planted in Romanian soil. If voters ignore this reality in the parliamentary and presidential elections, instead of mere pillars, Russia will have a castle here.
For all three, AUR represents a solid common denominator.
Șoșoacă was a party colleague of Simion, in AUR. Georgescu was honorary president of AUR which proposed him for prime minister.
Currently, Șoșoacă cannot run for president, but Simion and Georgescu are in the race. Currently, only Simion is left in AUR, but pro-Russianism and pro-Putinism unite the three more than ever and like anything.
If the shadowy interests that drive them into the fight demand it, Șoșoacă, Simion, Georgescu will almost certainly make a united front for the presidential elections. The appearances, the superficial, fake differences that separated them so far will be swept aside.
From this point of view, there are two scenarios are today ranging from the possible to the probable:
- For the first round, a Șoșoacă-Georgescu union, in case both the three and Moscow will have signals that Simion can enter the second round only on the shoulders of AUR corroborated with what the PSD has already done for him. If the signals will be, on the other hand, more severe. namely that Simion’s position is dangerously shaky, it would be logical for Șoșoacă and Georgescu to line up behind Simion earlier than they would have liked, so even before the first round (this means a withdrawal of Georgescu, at the last minute). But, if Georgescu’s already growing trend becomes spectacular in the short time left until the elections, Simion’s last-minute withdrawal becomes even more spectacular.
- For the second round, in the event that George Simion qualifies for this round, it seems self-evident that Șoșoacă and Georgescu will mobilize their electorate for Simion’s benefit. This seems self-explanatory. However, in the version where Georgescu spectacularly enters the second round, what could prevent Șoșoacă and Simion from guiding their audience towards Georgescu? Not even the PSD would have enough ammunition in this regard, as far as Simion is concerned.
The above scenario show that Romania has reached crisis point, and the responsibility that falls to the voters is incomparably greater than the most realistic version of the responsibility that responsible politicians can show.
But the bad scenario depicted above and the one that may follow after the elections (in case “sovereignty” and Putinism will will succeed ) has its origins in a secret meeting that took place a month shy of four years.
In mid-December 2020, following legislative elections, Vasile Dîncu, of the PSD, and George Simion, from the AUR, were seen having informal discussions.
Of course, Dîncu invoked purely sociological interests, because he is merely a sociologist. he said Marcel Ciolacu had not been present, but admitted that the PSD leader visited him immediately afterwards.
Naturally, Dîncu and Ciolacu would have discussed the regeneration of the Amazon rainforest and the latest scientific discoveries in this world rather than about how the discussion with Simion had gone or about how the PSD could exploit AUR’s entry into Parliament.
Less than two years later, Vasile Dîncu resigned from as Minister of Defense because of a stance he took supporting Moscow and AUR propaganda on the war in Ukraine.
So, affinities at the highest levels between PSD and AUR on the Ukraine-Russia issue, have existed for a very long time.
Affinities thath ave only diversified, consolidated and produced more and more concrete and more perverse effects, that are increasingly difficult to manage by those who really want less Russia in Romania, less Putinism in Europe.
Today, in the context of the scandal triggered by the PSD’s hopes that Simion can engineer Ciolacu into becoming president, Dîncu has strategically taken his head out of mothballs. And not just any way, but, closely coordinated with Ciolacu.
Despite Simion’s pro-Russian path and the signals coming from Ukrainian and Moldovan channels that Simion played Moscow’s games long before the current elections, Dîncu seeks to obfuscate everything, along the lines of the classic model which says if you want to gain time or bury a story, you first make a commission. In this case, in order to dilute the already existing signals about Simion and Russia, Dîncu asks that the Romanian services make a statement. Although it seems simple, in reality this is something much more complicated, and the PSD “sociologist” is hard to believe that he doesn’t know it.
At the same time, Ciolacu put the weight of the position of prime minister behind the idea that Simion is neither a Russian spy nor a Russian agent. But, at the same time, after synchronizing with Dîncu’s appeal, Ciolacu submitted a request to the SIE to find out, allegedly, what is wrong with Simion.
Now, it is difficult to overlook the absence of nuances in Ciolacu’s reaction, at least from the perspective of the fact that being a Russian spy or being a Russian agent is not always something exhaustive. Service to a foreign power and especially to Russia can be done from various other angles, not necessarily wearing the high-collared coat of the spy or agent.
It’s hard to believe that Marcel Ciolacu and Vasile Dîncu don’t know this, it’s hard not to understand why they opened the box, a smoking box.
Finally, despite the discussions about Simion and Russia, which the PSD increasingly wants to be convoluted, the conclusion is not baseless: Romanian voters already have all the elements on the table to understand the big picture.
They can ignore them, of course, when they go to the polls, but they will have no one to complain about and no real reason to complain once Putin’s spokespersons end up making the law in this country.
