In an interview offered to Hotnews.ro and BBC, Romania president Traian Basescu assumes the low turnout at the referendum on November 25, but mentions that the Democrat Party (his main supporter) has also a share of the blame, due to its total lack of involvement in the electoral campaign. Starting with a calm voice, the president turns to a nervous speech when it comes to the Foreign Minister, Adrian Cioroianu or the Social-Democrat (PSD) opposition leader, Mircea Geoana. The Foreign Minister, Basescu says, "has a huge education deficit", as for Geoana - "I will never name him prime-minister as long as I am president". One of the most surprising statements comes when he talks about the referendum on the uninominal vote, Basescu declaring that a possibility exists for the Democrat Party to support the PSD uninominal vote project, submitted in 2005 in the Parliament.

Asked about the way he described the illegal workers in Spain as "a time bomb", president Traian Basescu has once again introduced his theory about the labor market restrictions: "Restricting the official, recorded work generates black market labor, generates insecurity for the citizens accepted in unregistered jobs and generates losses to the state, because they don't pay taxes. The labor force formed this way affects the interests of local workers, increasing the sentiment of antipathy to this presence and, no least, it creates an environment for fugitives to hide in. Aggression, begging, human and drug trafficking, breaking into homes and stealing - all these come from the Romanians who moved their 'market' from Romania to Europe".

"We don't know how many Romanians are in Italy. It's the price we pay for our freedom to circulate freely. The things got out of control in Italy and we try to avoid having the same thing happening in Spain", said Basescu, reminding that after discuss