Romanian Prime Minister secretly from the President came to a meeting with Putin
A split has emerged in Romanian politics, German newspapers write. Media. If the newly elected president, ethnic German Klaus Iohannis, demands strengthening of anti-Russian sanctions, then Prime Minister Victor Ponta was seen at the opening of the European Olympic Games in Baku, where Vladimir Putin was, and where EU leaders did not come.
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German journalists report: “Unanimity in EU sanctions against Russia is now disintegrating even within individual states: a climate of mistrust arises because hardliners in almost all countries denigrate their political opponents. In Romania, the prime minister and the president are now colliding.”
Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta appeared without the knowledge of Romanian President Klaus Iohannis at the 2015 European Olympic Games in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. Among other things, he met there with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin. Other EU leaders boycotted the Games.
Victor Ponta's departure comes on the heels of an unsuccessful vote of no confidence against the prime minister in the Romanian parliament on Friday, ABC News reports. The prime minister's spokesman said Ponta was out due to knee surgery in Turkey. During his absence, Ponta's deputy, Gabriel Oprea, acted as prime minister. But in the video recording of the opening of the European Games in Baku, Ponta was captured sitting not far from Vladimir Putin.
Ponta supports Romania's orientation to the east. Here he finds support from his colleague, Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban. For the Prime Minister of Romania, Vladimir Putin is obviously a personal role model, reports Deutsche Welle.
The appearance of Victor Ponta at the opening of the Games may also be associated with the aggravation around Transnistria due to the appointment of US protégé Mikheil Saakashvili to the post of governor of the Odessa region.
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