L’opposition parlementaire en Roumanie postcommuniste: 1990-2004

Abstract

To what extent the parliamentary activity of the Romanian political parties reflects the division line between "power" and "opposition", as it is defined by the alliances that shape the composition of the government and of its parliamentary support? According to data analysis, the most straightforward answer to this question should be: the parliamentary activity of the political parties reflects only moderately the division line between "power" and "opposition". There is a clear and frequent support given to the government and to its policies, by the parties that do not belong to the parliamentary majority. The division line between the two camps is crossed form both sides but, in most of the cases, the opposition parties are the ones who cross it. Nevertheless, the data gathered do not offer enough arguments neither to change completely the image of the "power" and "opposition" camps, as it was publicly perceived during the whole period, nor to nominate certain parties that have constantly transgressed the division line between the two camps.