Victor Ponta
Victor Ponta
Victor-Viorel Pontais a Romanian jurist and politician, who served as Prime Minister of Romania between his appointment by President Traian Băsescu in May 2012 and his resignation in November 2015. A member of the Social Democratic Partyand its leader from 2010 to 2015, he was also joint leaderof the then-governing Social Liberal Union, an alliance with the National Liberal Party. Ponta has been a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Gorj County since 2004. In the Emil Boc...
NationalityRomanian
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth20 September 1972
CountryRomania
The image of Russian troops pouring into Ukraine and encircling military units in Crimea has been a wake-up call that will reverberate for a generation.
We can only restore faith in government if the state itself becomes an efficient, effective and transparent ally of the people. Bureaucratic inefficiencies, abuses of power and the misappropriation of public funds must end.
All sensible politicians favor growth, just as we all favor sound public finances. Both can be achieved if we rationalize spending, invest available resources wisely, and clamp down on tax evasion.
In the end, I think the majority of Romanian society will understand that if we respect environmental protection standards, if we have benefits in taxes, royalties, jobs, we should do what all the modern countries in Europe and beyond are doing to take advantage of their natural resources.
Only together do Europe and the U.S. stand a chance of keeping liberal democracy as the central doctrine for organizing world affairs.
With the backdrop of its geostrategic location and historical ties with the Middle East, Turkey has an essential role to play for the stability, peace and social development of the region.
Using cold facts and figures, leaders throughout the West must become more transparent with their citizens in explaining their decisions and their choices in global markets.
You should see all the negative things that the Romanian press writes about me.
Uncertainty is normal in the first few days of a new government.
There is no breach of European rules committed by companies from Romania or on Romanian territory.
My government has promised to comprehensively respect the independence of the judiciary.
I am a committed European; a united Europe is Romania's future.
Only together do Europe and the U.S. stand a chance of keeping liberal democracy as the central doctrine for organizing world affairs.
Romania strongly supports Turkey's E.U. accession.