National Press Review, June 12

What the local election results show, we read in Ziarul Financiar: "Romanians voted the party, not the person. The results of Sunday's vote are a stunning barometer of autumn parliamentary elections".

The mistakes that the Democrat Liberal Party (PDL) has made lately were pointed out and also the fact that Romanians voted with the word "change" in mind, according to Ziarul Financiar . Calculations and conclusions also in România Liberă: "PDL, defeated by score. USL did not pass the threshold of 50 percent for political votes."

"Who really won the election?". Democrat Liberals now fight for political survival, but neither USL has fulfilled the main target: 50 percent of the vote. “Boc, the humpty-dumpty from Cluj", writes Adevărul.

While PDL, the party that he leads, suffers heavy loss, Emil Boc reborn where he started in politics. He spectacularly returned after the election night of all exit polls declared him overcome by a difference of up to seven percent, say journalists.

Also in Adevărul we find the "Romania's political map by the mayors’ color of major cities". An analysis of results from local also in the Evenimentul Zilei : "Three reasons why PDL lost the election".

First, the loss of governing by cabinet Ungureanu failure which led to political disorder and to absenteeism of right voters.

Only in the last line would be the social discontent caused by economic crisis, believes Evenimentul Zilei .
"Orange bereavement ", we read in Jurnalul Național.

USL received "historic victories" in elections, as Prime Minister and leader of the PSD, Victor Ponta, has characterized, who says that this is the first time when an alliance brings more to every party than if they went separately.

"The weak RON did not inflated prices," we read in Adevărul . Even if the national currency sharply depreciated in May, the monthly average of price growing has stagnated, while the annual inflation declined to a minimum historical: 1.79 percent. According to statistics, from May last year and until 2012, food really got cheaper by two percent, despite the fact that the RON depreciated by 8 percent. Analysts cited by Adevărul say that the effect could still delay.

Also România Liberă presents us the surprising conclusions of a report on business, "Bribery provides 10 times earnings." Ernst & Young report shows that managers’ mentality in times of crisis has radically changed and standards have considerably fallen. The big companies agree corruption as long as it ensures survival.

Translated by Alexandra-Diana Mircea
MTTLC, Bucharest University