VIDEO Nicușor Dan, moment of confusion. He wants Romania to join an organization we have been part of for decades
Nicușor Dan, during some press statements made during the visit to the French Republic. PHOTO: presidency.ro.
In the press conference held on Tuesday in Paris, after the meeting with his French counterpart, President Nicusor Dan made a confusion. The head of state confused the OECD with the OSCE.
The president was asked what he expects from the new general mayor of the Capital and how he comments on the analysis of some of the commentators from Bucharest, who see the results as a defeat for him, considering that one of the candidates, Cătălin Drula (USR), presented himself in the campaign as the successor of the projects from the mayoral mandates of Nicușor Dan and only ranked fourth.
VIDEO Nicușor Dan: “A defeat for me would mean that no one would welcome me in Europe or that we would not enter the OSCE, no matter what happens in some elections in Bucharest”
“Generally speaking, I think that you, the media, and the Romanians invest a lot of energy at the time of the elections, in moments that are emotional, and much less energy in following… In fact, democracy is the fulfillment of the mandate by the elected, the mandate that the people gave by voting – and the mandate is more important than the vote. But, saying that, a defeat for me would mean that no one would welcome us in Europe or that we would not enter the OSCE or something like that things, by no means what happens in some local elections in Bucharest. And Mr. Ciucu has a mandate, Bucharest's problems are structural”, declared Nicușor Dan, on Tuesday, in the press conference organized at the Romanian Embassy in Paris, after the meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, at the Élysée Palace.
The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) is the parliamentary dimension of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). It was created in 1991, under the name of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, with the adoption of the Madrid Document, which established the main rules of procedure, the size of national delegations, the structures and working methods of the Assembly.
As of January 1, 1995, the CSCE was renamed the OSCE, as a result of the decision taken by the heads of state or government of the states participating in the Budapest Summit (1994).
Romania has participated in the CSCE negotiations since 1973 and is an original signatory of the Helsinki Final Act since 1975. In 2001, Romania took over the presidency of the organization. Our country is represented by a permanent delegation to the OSCE and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, according to the website of the international organization.
Romania submitted its application to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for membership in 2004 and has renewed it several times since then.
OECD members together account for more than two-thirds of the world's production and trade and 90% of global direct investment. Entering this prosperous club is considered a national strategic objective and one of Romania's great foreign policy ambitions, according to Panorama.ro.
Membership of the Organization is one of the few country goals in terms of importance that all governments that have been in power for the past two decades have agreed upon.
In September this year, Nicușor Dan claimed that Romania's accession process is progressing very well.
“More than half of the technical evaluations have already been successfully completed. If we maintain this pace, Romania will join the OECD next year”, stated the head of state at that time.
