"We must stop this war between Romanians and Romanians"

The Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Liviu Dragnea, appealed for unity during the solemn session in Parliament devoted to the centenary. He also answered a question that journalists had asked him a few days ago: it is the greatest achievement of Romania in the last hundred years.

"As politicians, we have a duty to behave like real Romanians. We are politicians, it is true, in a permanent internal competition. It's natural, that's how democracy works. We attack, criticize and sometimes go too far. I think, however, that Romania, to achieve its major goals, must be mainly Romanian. Let's be patriotic, first of all when we are dealing with major interests, "Liviu Dragnea said.

"Do not repeat what happened recently when Romanians in the European Parliament voted against Romania. This can not be justified. This is the strongest expression of our division. We must stop this war between Romanians and Romanians that we have been carrying out for too long outside the country and inside it.

I assure you that is not why the voters voted. I live in my country I live in Romania. We are ready to cooperate with everyone in the interest of the nation. I am convinced that many think the same way in all Romanian political groups and I invite everyone to build together a strategy for this country, "continued Dragnea.

His statement comes after neither he nor the Senate Speaker, Calin Popescu Tariceanu, met with President Klaus Iohannis in Parliament, while he demanded the protocol. In addition, the two leaders of the ruling coalition announced that they would not go to the December 1st reception of Cotroceni.

Liviu Dragnea said that Romania's accession to the European Union and NATO was Romania's greatest achievement in the last century. He had refused to answer a question from journalists about it a few days ago.

"At the scale of history, the most important integration is the Euro-Atlantic integration of Romania. We have built a strong security framework for Romania. I think it is our duty to continue to strengthen our position in the EU and NATO. We have clear objectives, the adoption of the euro, entry into Schengen, the creation of European cooperation relations. We must ensure an active role for Romania within NATO, to strengthen our relations so necessary to the contextualization of black clouds that have spread to the east, "Dragnea continued.

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