Touched by the election fever, PSD monitors the election polls and does not waste a single moment to score points. To use, only use PSD, because in the pursuit of percentages, the positions of the Social Democrats are in many cases either full of omissions or promises bordering on the ridiculous.

With the corridor he traditionally ran but now captured by the AUR, the Social Democrats are making a desperate effort to recover what they can, or at least contain the momentum of George Simeon’s men. (Hotnews has written extensively here about the AUR threat to the current PSD-PNL coalition)

Hence the aggressive rhetoric lately.

The operation to withdraw accounts from the Austrians – what they said, what they did

The first nationalist surge was immediately after the failure of Schengen. Then PSD took it before everyone else on this slope. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport Sorin Grindeanu announced on 13 December that CNAIR was going to transfer its accounts from BCR, a member of Erste Group Austria, to CEC, a move that would be made by all companies under the Ministry of Transport. . Such a decision would be a sign of protest against Vienna’s blocking of Romania’s accession to Schengen.

According to information HotNews.ro obtained from CNAIR, only the accounts through which the salaries were transferred have been moved so far, but the total amount remains in place. It is about loans. As for operations with European funds, they were conducted and are being conducted through the Treasury.

BCR officials also suggest that the storm was in a teacup.

“In all the discussions we’ve had — and they’ve been very open — we’ve certainly asked that any decision that a company is going to make takes into account the interests of that company in the medium and long term. It seems our request has been heard,” said BCR CEO Sergio Manea, when asked how many state-owned companies had transferred their accounts from BCR to protest the rejection of Schengen.

The Bastro scandal: what he knew and what he told Grindyan

The second nationalist impulse came from the same Sorin Grindeanu, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport.

The scandal erupted on February 15 after Sorin Grindeanu said that “there are signals that Ukraine is currently dredging the Bastro Canal, which may have an impact on the environment and the Danube Delta.”

Media coverage of the case caused a cascade of reactions from the authorities in Bucharest, which, however, were more restrained, demanding explanations from the Ukrainian authorities about the work they are doing.

After the Ukrainian Embassy announced that only repair work was being carried out on the canal, the public confusion was further increased by the statements of the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, who talked about deepening the Bastroe Canal from 3.9 meters to 6.5 meters.

Marcel Čolaku also got in on the act, reminding how much Romania has helped Ukraine, but “the Romanian people do not agree to be left without this natural wonder, which is the Danube Delta.”

Did the Ukrainians suddenly start dragging? According to President Klaus Iohannis, they started five months ago, in October, and the Ministry of Transport knew about them.

“We know that work is underway, the Ministry of Transport has also known since October. So there is nothing new. They have officially informed us that they want to carry out dredging work, maintenance work and that they want to use the Bîstroe canal to export their goods, and we have given them a preliminary agreement until the work is clarified and the matter is reported to the European Commissions. So there is absolutely nothing new here. Those who tried to make a big deal out of it don’t think they understood the stakes of this period, and I don’t think taking care of Delta is their number one concern,” Johannis said on February 22.

Where are they actually dredging? No government body has come forward to explain what is really at stake, leaving room for public confusion and electoral speculation.

In fact, there is no dredging along the entire length of the Bastro Canal for the simple reason that it is not necessary. According to the OSCE report, the natural depth of the Danube channel is 12-14 meters. The works are carried out at the ends, at the confluence with the Kiliysky arm and the exit to the sea. At the last end, 3 kilometers long, there were works, which in the past also provoked protest from the Romanian side because of the environmental problems they caused.

Currently, the technical commissions of Romania and Ukraine met on Friday, agreeing that the measurements should be carried out from March 15.

• Out of politics in the Bistro-Delta Danube scandal: HotNews.ro took the blame of the Romanians and asked for an explanation from the Ukrainian ministry that did the work

Auchan, PSD’s last nationalistic cat

The final blow to the image, as well as the nationalist register, was delivered this weekend. It all started with a post by Marian Godină regarding the boycott of the Auchan retail chain on the grounds that they are abandoning cashiers in favor of self-checkout cashiers.

Godină’s post caused excitement and went viral online. The PSD also entered the hall, which on Monday announced a draft law according to which they will pay for self-checkouts, without cashiers, in supermarkets, which will be able to pay for each device where a customer scans their own products, a tax at the level of the minimum wage in the economy. Social democrats would also consider the introduction of bonuses for those who use such systems by returning a percentage of the amount spent.

And this time, PSD came to the wave. Auchan announced two weeks ago the decision to switch to a 100% self-checkout system by 2025. In addition, regarding cashiers, the company announced that current cashiers will be professionally converted to customer advisors.

Since February 22, no representative of the PSD has complained about the Auchan communiqué, but he reacted quickly after the topic appeared online, but especially after the AUR, through the voice of George Simion, went on the offensive, calling for boycotts and action against the corporations. .