{"id":6004,"date":"2025-07-23T06:04:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T06:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6004"},"modified":"2025-07-23T06:04:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T06:04:47","slug":"romanian-president-alarmed-by-rising-nostalgia-for-communism-corruption-and-injustice-have-eroded-public-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6004","title":{"rendered":"Romanian president alarmed by rising nostalgia for communism: \u201cCorruption and injustice have eroded public trust\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romanian president <strong>Nicu\u0219or Dan<\/strong> has raised alarm over the growing nostalgia for communism <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romania-insider.com\/communism-nostalgia-romania-study-july-2025\" target=\"_blank\">revealed in a recent national survey<\/a>. The study, conducted by INSCOP in collaboration with the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes (IICMER), found that a majority of Romanians now view former dictator Nicolae Ceau\u0219escu as a good leader.<\/p>\n<p>According to the same survey, more than half of Romanians believe the communist regime was more of a good thing for Romania, with nearly 56% saying more positive than negative developments occurred under communism.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In my opinion, the main reason more and more Romanians idealize communism is the deep disappointment with the political class of the past three decades. Corruption, lack of transparency, broken promises, and a sense of injustice have weakened people&#8217;s trust in both the present and the future,&#8221; president Dan said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When hope is betrayed year after year, nostalgia becomes a natural reaction, even if it&#8217;s based on a distorted image of the past,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The president also warned that disinformation campaigns are playing a dangerous role in shaping public memory. These efforts, he said, seek to undermine democratic values by presenting an appealing version of the communist era while hiding its harsh realities &#8211; repression, fear, food shortages, and a lack of freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Dan called the public&#8217;s growing approval of Nicolae Ceau\u0219escu a sign of how fragile Romania&#8217;s collective memory has become. &#8220;It shows how easily perceptions can be manipulated when the state fails to invest in civic and historical education and in honest communication with its citizens.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also urged authorities to counter disinformation, restore confidence through fair and effective policies, and build a Romania where justice, equity, and real progress are felt by all.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Romania cannot build a solid future by clinging to illusions of the past,&#8221; the president said. &#8220;We have a duty to learn from history, not to revive it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p>irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n<p>(Photo source:\u00a0<em>Inquam Photos \/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquamphotos.com\/users\/georgecalin\">George\u00a0C\u0103lin<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romanian president Nicu\u0219or Dan has raised alarm over the growing nostalgia for communism revealed in a recent national survey. The study, conducted by INSCOP in collaboration with the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes (IICMER), found that a majority of Romanians now view former dictator Nicolae Ceau\u0219escu as a good leader. According to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6004\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}