Is PNL (National Liberal Party) heading for a doctrinarian clarification which might consolidate the doctrine of the Romanian right? Even if it didn't provoke a profound debate, since the election of the new PNL leader was its main objective, the PNL Congress indicated the existence of three ideological trends within the party. Each and every candidate who ran for the party's presidency promoted a distinct trend; the differences between these three directions are pretty significant. Valeriu Stoica's middle and long term political strategy was focused on a project of reconstruction of the country, based on a capitalist perspective; in his opinion, this project should "preserve the national identity and help Romania integrate into the global economy and society". The preservation of our own identity in a globalized world and the civic nationalism would represent the substance of our national interest. This project addresses those who "understand and master the rules of the market game and those of the economic, social and cultural innovation". Stoica's main dilemma is the inexistence of a substantial Romanian elite which could face the European space without complexes, without asking for the state's protection or resorting to nationalist prejudices. There is also a certain incompatibility between the need of cultivating an autochthonous capitalist class, which might imply a certain "protection" against foreign investments, and the elimination of the discrimination directed against competitors, which is an attitude specific to globalization and European integration. Calin Popescu Tariceanu's doctrinarian offer was adjusted to the rigid moulds of the neo-classical economic liberalism: the representation and the promotion of the Romanian capitalists' interests, because, anyway, "the poor won't vote for PNL", so they "are not worth being taken into consideration". Taricean