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Prime Minister Orban did his best to claim the victory marked by Nicușor Dan in the Capital. The purpose of his brief speech seems to have been to impress a sense of liberal victory over the entire country, following the medieval logic that whoever conquers the capital conquers the entire country.
But the days when soldiers marched with poise toward that main goal are long gone and it’s worth seeing what Orban actually managed to do after a few months in office and a few weeks of political campaigning with engines running at full speed.
Yes, Nicușor Dan was elected mayor of the Capital by the majority of Romanians, only his reign is not and was not part of the NLP. In fact, Nicușor is in the third attempt and obtained the mandate from the position of independent. It was, rather, a political screen behind which Orban hid to make him forget that the PNL is the party of Blaga, Videanu and Elena Udrea. Then it is worth mentioning that, in Bucharest, the intrepid Orban obtained, after processing 95% of the valid votes cast, just over 19%, while the PSD obtained 32%. To put things in perspective, this does not mean that Orban will be able to count on most of the 600,000-700,000 votes the Capital will produce in parliament, but less than 19% of them. Of course there is an advantage to this. It is simply marginal.
Finally, after all the negotiations and struggles, after all the efforts, Orban’s NLP managed to obtain, like PSD, a unique sector in the Capital. USR, for example, won two sectors.
Yes, Orban has reason to rejoice. He imposed his position of mayor, over Iohannis, and obtained a victory that allows him to keep his seat in the government. But on closer inspection, we are talking about a non-decisive victory. At the national level, things are more or less the same. PNL flies the flag of Boc and that of the outsider who beat Oprișan, but forgets to tell us that he won with difficulty with only 2 municipalities over PSD. Romania, after this year’s local elections, is far from the fiefdom of party A or B. It is judiciously divided between the two main classical parties and is probably preparing to accommodate more and more RSU islands in parliament. Under these conditions, Orban’s victory is not even a stage.
This article is an opinion.
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