#7 Corruption in Romania

In Between Europe

In this episode we talk about corruption trends and the trajectory of the anticorruption fight in Romania with Laura Stefan, an anticorruption expert with the Romanian think tank Expert Forum. Laura tells us about the incentives in Romania’s political system that sustain corruption and the potential problems stemming from the use of criminal law to tackle an ultimately political issue.

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Resources:

Romania’s Protests: A Response to a Three-Pronged Assault on Anti-Corruption Measures, Daniel Brett, LSE EUROPP Blog, 2 February 2017

Populism 2.0 and the Rebirth of Alternatives to Liberal Democracy, annual report, Expert Forum, 2017

Questions and Answers on Romania’s Anticorruption Implosion, Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, European Center for Anticorruption and State Building, 2017

Romania, Nations in Transit 2017 country report, Freedom House, 2017

Bacalaureat [Graduation], Cristian Mungiu, 2016

De Ce Eu [Why Me?], Tudor Giurgiu, 2015

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