Most newspapers today wonder whether the Social Democratic Party will be able to find its way now that its honorable president, Ion Iliescu announced he will withdraw from the political scene. Elsewhere in the news, Romania's infrastructure is starting to fail and needs about 40 billion euro to maintain the electricity, heath and roads. Last but not least, ECOFIN ministers approved a one year delay to Romania's deadline to decrease budgetary deficit below the European regulated level of 3% of GDP. Romania's Cantacuzino Institute, which was producing A/H1N1 vaccines, cannot produce them anymore as its license expired.

The Social Democratic Party undergoes great changes now that the Congress is around the corner. Gandul reads about the ex PSD President Ion Iliescu who announced his decision to quit politics. Cotidianul wonders whether the party will find its way without the man who created it back in the early 1990.

Iliescu said that his dissatisfaction with the new vote Geoana and his team proposes, the vote on lists, lead him to this decision. Adrian Nastase declared that Iliescu's reaction is a protest against the direction the party took but that it cannot be argued that Iliescu will not be seen at the party's meetings anymore.

Meanwhile, in the party teams reshuffle, Gandul reads: Victor Ponta announced that he will run for a seat in the party's leadership while Mazare, Constanta's mayor declared that he wants a seat under Mitrea. According to internal sources, Geoana awaits Diaconescu's decision on whether he will endorse Geoana and give up the competition.

Victor Ponta's father in law, until now supporter for Geoana, decided to endorse his son in law. Until now, Ponta is supported by organizations in Neamt, Prahova, Salaj, Timis, Iasi, Cluj, Arges. Another countercandidate of Ponta, Miron Mitrea declared that he wil