All newspapers today read about President Basescu's announcement that Romanian will enter the American anti-missile shield, find out both the advantages and the disadvantages from the press as politicians prefer to talk about the former. Elsewhere in the news, one newspaper reveals how Tourism minister's investigation file was buried in the Deputies Chamber. Last but not least, the Social Democratic Party undergoes a great stress as leaders confront each other to gain the party's leadership.
Gandul reads about the anti-missile American shield, of which Romania will be a part of, as President Basescu informed yesterday. President Basescu's announcement was communicated after a surprise National Defense Council gathering.
Basescu said that Obama's message was delivered by the American sub-state secretary for arms control, Ellen Tauscher who arrived in Romania a day before yesterday. Basescu said that the calendar foresees that some facilities will be build in Romania starting 2015.
The system comes to meet the new categories of threats, Basescu said. He added that the old placement of the shield did not cover Romania while the new placement guarantees full coverage.
Basescu underlined that this is not an action against Russia. The decision will be final only after it will be approved in the Parliament, Basescu added.
Evenimentul Zilei wonders who will pay for the anti-missile shield: there is no information regading the costs, whether costs will be supported by all countries attending the program. Experts quoted by the newspaper read that to integrate to the anti-ballistic shield, Romania needs 3-4 billion dollars.
Gandul journalist Cristian Tudor Popescu comments that the shield is not a success of the Boc government and it marks the best relation Romania ever had with the US since Nixon. General M