The Romanian prime minister Viorica
\nDancila on Sunday took many by surprise when she said the Romanian embassy in
\nIsrael would be relocated from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem after the conclusion of an
\nongoing analysis on the appropriateness of such a move and in full agreement
\nwith all decision makers. The announcement was accompanied by the commitment to
\ninscribe into law the right to Romanian citizenship for the Jews who left
\nRomania during the communist era and to pensions for the Holocaust survivors
\nand was made at a conference of the American Israel Public
\nAffairs Committee, where it was received with enthusiasm. <\/p>\n
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After being later rebuked in
\nharsh terms by president Klaus Iohannis, who has the final say in foreign
\npolicy matters, the prime minister said she expressed a personal opinion about
\nmoving the Romanian embassy. And yet, her announcement was very clear:<\/p>\n
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I am pleased to announce today that after the conclusion of the
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That she wasn’t merely voicing a personal
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Prime minister Viorica Dancila has once again
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Disappointed, by her own accounts, by the
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\nanalysis by all the <\/em>constitutional actors involved in the decision-making
\nprocess in my country and, in full consensus, I as the prime minister of
\nRomania and the government I lead will move the Romanian embassy to Jerusalem,
\nthe capital of Israel.<\/p>\n
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\nopinion is demonstrated by both the reaction of her Israeli counterpart
\nBenjamin Netanyahu, who congratulated her on her announcement, and that of the
\nsecretary general of the PLO, Saeb Erekat, who criticised Dancila and called on
\nthe European Union to take measures. <\/p>\n
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\ndemonstrated her complete ignorance with regard to foreign policy and to how
\nimportant decisions for the Romanian state are made, president Klaus Iohannis
\nwas quick to point out in a statement. Out of a desire to claim a decision that
\nisn’t only the government’s to make, as the impression was given, the prime
\nminister has rushed to make public announcements although no decision has been made
\nin this sense, the president’s office has said. The statement underlines that
\nthe decision to move the Romanian embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem will only
\nbe made after the conclusion of an ongoing analysis and only with the approval
\nof all institutions with responsibilities in the area of foreign policy and
\nnational security. The final decision belongs to the president of Romania,
\nwho, under the Constitution, is responsible for Romania’s foreign policy
\ndecisions and represents the country internationally, the statement also
\nwrites. <\/p>\n
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\npresident’s reaction, prime minister Viorica Dancila said moving the embassy is
\ngood for the country and that this fact and the desire to move closer to Israel
\nand the United States does not mean that Romania is moving away from the
\nEuropean Union. At this moment, all EU member states’ embassies are in Tel
\nAviv. The idea to move Romania’s embassy to Jerusalem was unexpectedly launched
\nby the leader of the Social Democratic Party Liviu Dragnea and was interpreted
\nas an attempt to ingratiate himself with the Republican administration in
\nWashington and underline the constitutional role of the current president.<\/p>\n