Romanians are among the most unhappy Europeans, a study indicates. It is more than certain that the study didn't cover politicians, who seem happy to spend ten times the legal limit in this electoral campaign.
The lack of money and the poor health severely affect the quality of life in Romania, pushing it down to one of the lowest levels in Europe. Romanians are among the most unhappy Europeans, a bit above Bulgarians, but far behind Danes, Finnish and Swedish. One quarter of the Romanian families need financial or food aid from their relatives, compared to only 9% in older EU states.
All the problems Romanians face everyday caused the mental health status to fall also to one of the lowest levels in Europe, on fact the last but one place in the ranking put up by Eurofound, Evenimentul Zilei and Cotidianul inform in the same voice.
The above-mentioned study does not include - most probably - the politicians. According to Evenimentul Zilei, they are more than happy to spend between 100,000 and 500,000 Euros in this electoral campaign, even though a place in the Parliament will be rewarded only with a 60,000 Euros wage during the entire four-year mandate. An important mention: the legal spending limit is 50,000 Euros for those who run for a seat in the House of Deputies and 75,000 Euros for those dreaming for a Senate office.
Speaking of politics: Prime Minister Tariceanu announced recently that he intends tom maintain the PM office after the elections. A problem may arise, though: an article in Cotidianul indicates that none of the parties Tariceanu's Liberals may ally with is interested in his intention. Social Democrats would impose their leader, Mircea Geoana, as prime minister, and let Tariceanu be speaker in the House of Deputies, while Democrat-Liberals don't want Tariceanu in any official seat, Gandul reads.
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