"I believe that Romania's President lacks clarity on the international level". Elsewhere in the news, Romanians save money by cutting their budget for culture. Last but not least, during the electoral campaign, the president of the Romanian National Liberal Party promised voters in South that he would take to court those "who stole" the money of "the underprivileged" or those who couldn't justify what happened with the money from the IMF.

Cotidianul reads "I believe that Romania's President lacks clarity on the international level", the leader of the Socialist and Democratic Progressive Alliance Group from the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, stated. The German indicated that Traian Basescu only went to Brussels for the EU summits, while presidents of the EU member states met frequently, regardless their political affiliation. He added that Basescu's claim that one of Romania's parliamentary chambers will move to Brussels after the Lisbon Treaty is enforced is "one of Mr. Basescu's secrets".

Ex-presidential advisor on foreign policy Andrei Plesu said, in an interview for Gandul, that the President was not valuing other people's opinions according to their profession, but tended to give way to his own opinions. According to Plesu, Romania's foreign policy lacked firmness. He opinionated that Basescu was not comfortable in protocol situations of diplomatic convention with his homologues, a "personal limit that has become state policy". Plesu says this is reflected on the investors the country attracts and on the geopolitical position. According to him, the Moldovan issue was not being handled in the best possible way.

Basescu didn't not honour Vladimir Putin's invitation in April 2008. In an interview for Al-Jazeera in 2006, he called Palestine a "state", despite the fact that it is not recognised as such by the United Nations. Add