From the little I know, I would concur. This looks like window dressing for the Romanian neo-liberals.
Joanna
Chris Doss wrote:
>Joanna, any comments on this article?
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>Politics, Not a Commemoration?
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>by Razvan Amariei
>30 August 2004
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>Romania celebrates an 'act of national salvation,' but
>opponents see the commemoration of the ouster of
>Romania's pro-German wartime leader as an act in a
>pre-election game.
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>BUCHAREST, Romania--For the first time since 1989,
>Romania has commemorated the ouster of its wartime
>dictator, a key moment that transformed the country
>from a military ally of Hitler's Germany into an
>active partner of the Allied powers.
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>The ceremonies were attended by ex-King Michael I, the
>leading character in the events 60 years ago and the
>only European head of state from that period who is
>still alive.
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>King Michael I had been the nominal head of state
>since his coronation in September 1940, at the age of
>18. However, real power during the war rested in the
>hands of General Ion Antonescu, who had seized power
>in September 1940 and immediately forced Michaels
>father to abdicate. Then, on 23 August 1944, with the
>support of leading figures in the army and the major
>political parties, the king overthrew Antonescu and
>his dictatorship.
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>The toppling of Antonescu enabled Romania, which had
>been heavily involved in Nazi Germanys campaign
>against the Soviet Union, to end the war on the
>victorious side. However, that did not enable it to
>regain territory earlier annexed by the Soviet Union.
>Over the course of three years it was gradually
>transformed into a Soviet satellite.
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>http://www.tol.cz/look/TOL/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=4&NrIssue=79&NrSection=1&NrArticle=12808
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