The Romanian service of Deutsche Welle remains sceptical:
“We won’t feel the effects of the pension reform immediately. A transition period of 15 years is planned. Judges who have reached the age of 49 can still retire this year. The retirement age will then be progressively raised by one year each year until 2042. … But nothing is irreversible in Romania. Judges and prosecutors already lost some of their privileges in the past, only to regain them and more besides. Because in our country, principles are relative and local politics is always about serving one’s own interests.”