Talk:Politics of Romania

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human rights in Romania —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 144.139.171.82 (talk • contribs) 10 November 2006.

[edit] Parliamentary or semi-presidential system?

There are some inconsistencies on this topic:
1. In the head sentence, Romania is presented as a parliamentary system.
2. In Semi-presidential systems article Romania is listed as a semi-presidential system.
3. In List of European Union member states by political system Romania is shown as a parliamentary system.

States with parliamentary systems are shown in yellow
States with parliamentary systems are shown in yellow


Deciding which of this two systems should be kept is somewhat difficult. Here is a list of arguments I could find:

[edit] Pro semi-presidential

1. The President of Romania is directly elected
2. The Prime Minister of Romania is nominated by the President of Romania
3. The Prime Minister is invested by a vote from the Parliament of Romania and can be dismissed by a vote of no confidence.
4. The President has the authority to dissolve the Parliament, but only in strict conditions.
5. The President does not have the authority to dismiss the Prime Minister (article 107, section 2 of the Constitution of Romania).

[edit] Pro parliamentary system

1. The President of Romania has no specific attributions other then those specific to a ceremonial figure-head.

Based on these arguments I'd have to conclude that Romania is a de facto semi-presidential system with a strong system of checks and balances that limit the authority of the President. Bogdantudor 16:34, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

I do not agree. All of this is also true for Finland and Austria, yet those are clearly parliamentary system. Direct election is completely independent from this issue, by the way. I'm absolutely certain that Romania is a parliamentary system as much as Finland and Austria; it's just that they are parliamentary systems which have reserved a few controll powers for the president. Compare the three with France and you will see they are not semi-presidential. —Nightstallion (?) 11:11, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
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