Romania: The Limits of Corruption

Romanians have once again taken to the streets to protest the government and its planned reforms. On Nov. 5, tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Bucharest against reforms that would allow the government to supervise the justice system, possibly weakening anti-corruption investigations in the process. In February, the Romanian government abandoned similar policies after hundreds of thousands of people rallied against them in the biggest protests since the fall of communism in 1989. The government's failure to address the concerns of its people could undermine Romania's greater aspirations, especially to deepen its ties with Western Europe....