Revista de prensa | 07/02/2012

Romanian prime minister resigns

The Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc resigned on Monday due to massive protests against his centre-right government's austerity programme. Hours later President Traian Băsescu named the independent former head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu, as his successor. Romania needs an independent technocrat, but he will have his work cut out for him dealing with the intrigues of the opposition, commentators write.