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]]> By: TMLutas http://www.transatlanticpolitics.com/2007/11/02/corruption-a-minister-for-sausages-and-brandy/#comment-107 TMLutas Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:19:03 +0000 http://www.transatlanticpolitics.com/2007/11/02/corruption-a-minister-for-sausages-and-brandy/#comment-107 No, it's not perverse at all. When Romania first got its modern independence it was ruled for 7 years by a local. That didn't work out so well so they invited the Hohenzollerns in and Romania had foreign royalty until WW I when Romania allied with the Entente and the Hohenzollerns kicked that branch out of the family. Not trusting the local blood suckers in favor of a foreign set is an old habit. It's not that the foreigners are trusted to be more honest. I think that they're viewed as much easier to dislodge in case of emergency. No, it’s not perverse at all. When Romania first got its modern independence it was ruled for 7 years by a local. That didn’t work out so well so they invited the Hohenzollerns in and Romania had foreign royalty until WW I when Romania allied with the Entente and the Hohenzollerns kicked that branch out of the family. Not trusting the local blood suckers in favor of a foreign set is an old habit. It’s not that the foreigners are trusted to be more honest. I think that they’re viewed as much easier to dislodge in case of emergency.

]]> By: David Gillies http://www.transatlanticpolitics.com/2007/11/02/corruption-a-minister-for-sausages-and-brandy/#comment-106 David Gillies Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:52:23 +0000 http://www.transatlanticpolitics.com/2007/11/02/corruption-a-minister-for-sausages-and-brandy/#comment-106 It does seem somewhat perverse that the best leverage that can be brought to bear on the recalcitrant Romanians is an EU monitoring body - i.e a branch of an organisation whose auditors have felt themselves unable to sign off on its accounts for over a decade. It does seem somewhat perverse that the best leverage that can be brought to bear on the recalcitrant Romanians is an EU monitoring body - i.e a branch of an organisation whose auditors have felt themselves unable to sign off on its accounts for over a decade.

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