Romania needs political responsibility and predictability, not permanent confrontation, incitement and chaos, Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan said on Tuesday at the solemn sitting of Parliament marking 107 years since the Great Union.
"In the past year, Romanians' trust in democracy has been put to the test. Our unity, as a nation and society, is also tested every day. Our enemies today are division, distrust and lack of responsibility. Our country needs political responsibility and predictability, not permanent confrontation, not incitement and not chaos," the prime minister said.
He noted that 1 December should be a "moment of unity around the fundamental values" of the Romanian state: democracy, freedom, the rule of law and respect for every citizen. These values represent "the backbone of modern Romania," Bolojan said.
"Let us not forget that belonging to the Western world and its values is part of our nation's DNA," the prime minister underlined.
iLIE Bolojan warned that Romania is part of an"unsafe world" undergoing rapid change.
"What we do in the period ahead will define our long-term path. When we gather next year to celebrate National Day, I want each of us to be able to say that we have done our duty. That we have not wasted time in pointless confrontations with small, personal stakes. But that we have done what was right and necessary for our country - and for the future of our children," the prime minister said.
The current period calls for "political will, solidarity and unity," and the nation's prosperity must be built "on a solid foundation," Ilie Bolojan added.
"Our home, Romania, has had an increasingly frail foundation in recent years. We had to bring order to this foundation of our home, so that we can build solidly in the years to come. We had to put the country's finances in order and correct these issues. We were forced to take difficult decisions, with a war at our border and under internal pressures. Some of the measures we took were not popular at all. Some were even painful, and I know that. But all were necessary so that we may have a future and leave future generations a country better than the one we inherited," he said.
The National Day is a moment not only of celebration but also of reflection, the prime minister underlined. In this regard, he highlighted that modern Romania was built through political will, civic engagement, struggle and sacrifice.
"In 1918, we had an entire generation of statesmen and political leaders who understood that they faced a historic opportunity that could not be missed. In the difficult circumstances following the First World War, they achieved what seemed at the time nothing more than an impossible dream - a country encompassing all territories inhabited by Romanians. Let us not forget that 107 years later we live in this country and within these borders only because the politicians of that time did not resign themselves and did not abandon the dream of a nation. They turned that impossible into the normality we live in today," he said.
Bolojan stressed that some of those political figures ended their lives in communist prisons and that history "was not kind to them." Romania of those years "was not grateful to them," the head of Government noted.
"That is why their names must be spoken: Iuliu Maniu, Iancu Flondor, Pantelimon Halippa, Gheorghe Pop de Basesti, Vasile Goldis, Ionel Bratianu, Bishop Hossu. Among many others, King Ferdinand and Queen Marie also had their defining contribution. These are the people thanks to whom we can be here today, celebrating a Greater Romania," the prime minister further transmitted.
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