Weakening of the Anti-corruption System in Romania - Pieńkowski, Jakub (Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych, 2018)
Demonstrations took place in Romania on 10 August, as citizens protested the weakening of the anti-corruption system assessed by the European Commission as one of the most effective in the EU. The ruling coalition of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) changed the heads of special prosecutors' offices in July, and decriminalised some acts of corruption that would potentially have led to PSD leader Liviu Dragnea's being imprisoned. These changes may undermine Romania's position before its presidency of the EU Council next year