On Wednesday, old scandals are renewed, for political reasons mainly. The car tax, the political pressure on Justice, the labor force crisis, the USA visas, the financial adventures of former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase and the ever-dying infrastructure return to the front pages of newspapers with a new momentum. It is an electoral year after all.

President Traian Basescu decided out of the blue to demand Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu to cancel the car tax. The open letter sent by Basescu uses the famous presidential tone: "I appreciate it is necessary for you to limit the prejudice you caused to Romania by not applying the European Union Accession Treaty and to decide the restitution of all illegally received sums because, as we have all seen, in you may be force Court to pay back the sums plus interest and court expenses". Despite the fact that the letter ends with a approximate expression "with great respect", the president demands the prime minister to stop disregarding the citizens.

Of course, Tariceanu replied instantly, saying that Basescu is chasing cheap votes. "He should stop wasting paper for his letters. I get most of his letters via TV stations anyway. Instead of being interested in the deep problems of the people, he is interested in gaining electoral capital out of any problem", Evenimentul Zilei reads.

Some good news for the EU officials who have an eye on the Romanian Justice: former prime minister Adrian Nastase will be sent to court even in case his fellow parliamentarians decide to protect him. One of the cases he is investigated in refers to actions took while he was the president of the Social Democrat Party, not prime minister, Cotidianul informs.

With or without such a Justice miracle, it seems that Romanians will be able to travel freely to the United States starting in 2008. The European Just