Romania is one of Europe's poorest countries ... Georgescu's first-round win was driven by economic woes and factors ranging from the poor quality of public services, to the weak bureaucracy ...

particularly the poor and vulnerable. To this end, the RAS program started with a set of functional reviews (FR) in key sectors of the economy that have set the stage for Romania’s structural reform ...

Lovrincevic: The new government should set a goal of catching up to Romania "There will be no breakthroughs with this economic structure. The new government should set a goal of catching up to Romania ...