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Kövesi pleacă. Întrebările rămân. Cine face bilanțul din spatele aplauzelor? Editorial Laura Codruța Kövesi își încheie mandatul la conducerea Parchetului European. Începând cu 1 noiembrie 2026, funcția este preluată de Andrés Ritter. Este încheierea mandatului de șapte ani, nu o destituire, iar acest lucru trebuie spus corect chiar și într-un editorial critic. Dar încheierea mandatului este și momentul în care aplauzele ar trebui să lase locul întrebărilor. Pentru că un procuror cu o asemenea putere nu poate fi evaluat ca o vedetă. Nu după numărul interviurilor, după admirația politicienilor sau după cât de bine sună discursurile despre curaj și independență. Bilanțul trebuie să cuprindă rezultate definitive, bani recuperați și respectarea drepturilor celor anchetați. Nimeni nu are monopol pe dreptate Cea mai toxică idee care poate însoți lupta anticorupție este aceea că procurorul devine, prin simpla funcție, întruchiparea binelui. Din acel moment, orice critică este tratată ca o complicitate, orice întrebare devine o diversiune, iar orice solicitare de răspundere este prezentată drept un atac împotriva justiției. O asemenea logică este inacceptabilă. Procurorii exercită puterea statului. Pot declanșa proceduri care schimbă vieți, afectează reputații și pun presiune asupra unor companii. Tocmai de aceea, trebuie supuși unei examinări exigente. Dosarul penal nu este o condamnare. Conferința de presă nu este o sentință. Iar suspiciunea, oricât de spectaculos ar fi prezentată, nu ține loc de probă. Când aceste diferențe dispar din dezbaterea publică, justiția riscă să devină un tribunal al reputațiilor, în care pedeapsa începe înainte ca judecătorul să se pronunțe. Cine răspunde pentru eșecuri? O evaluare serioasă a perioadei Kövesi trebuie să urmărească fiecare categorie de rezultate: condamări, achitări, clasări, durata procedurilor și motivele pentru care anumite acuzații nu au fost confirmate. O achitare nu dovedește automat un abuz. Dar nici nu poate fi măturată sub covor, mai ales când omul anchetat a purtat ani întregi eticheta publică a vinovăției. Cine îi restituie timpul? Cine îi repară reputația? Cine explică diferența dintre gravitatea acuzației inițiale și ceea ce a putut fi demonstrat în instanță? Aceste întrebări nu apără corupția. Ele apără cetățeanul în fața puterii. Iar cine pretinde că apărarea drepturilor încurcă anticorupția a înțeles profund greșit rostul justiției. Bilanțul european trebuie citit până la capăt Nici activitatea europeană nu poate fi redusă la sloganuri. Afirmația că Parchetul European ar fi anchetat numai firme din România și Bulgaria este contrazisă de propriile comunicări ale instituției. În octombrie 2025, de exemplu, EPPO anunța o anchetă coordonată din München privind o presupusă fraudă de TVA de 48 de milioane de euro, cu peste o sută de percheziții și șapte arestări. Acestea erau măsuri într-o anchetă, nu condamnări. Dar existența unor operațiuni spectaculoase nu închide discuția despre eficiență. Raportul EPPO pentru 2025 prezintă 3.602 investigații active, prejudicii estimate de peste 67 de miliarde de euro și 275 de acte de trimitere în judecată. Același raport distinge între ordinele de indisponibilizare, de 1,13 miliarde de euro, și activele efectiv indisponibilizate în cursul anului, de 288,93 milioane de euro. Sunt indicatori diferiți. Prejudiciul estimat nu este prejudiciu confirmat definitiv. Bunurile indisponibilizate nu sunt automat bani recuperați. Trimiterea în judecată nu este condamnare. Cine prezintă aceste cifre publicului are obligația să explice diferențele. Altfel, miliardele din comunicate riscă să devină decorul unei povești de succes pe care cetățeanul nu o poate verifica până la capăt. Anticorupția nu este proprietatea unui om Susținătorii Laurei Codruța Kövesi au dreptul să îi apere activitatea. Nu au însă dreptul să transforme admirația într-o scutire de răspundere publică. Nici sprijinul politic, nici prestigiul internațional și nici imaginea de simbol nu pot înlocui examinarea critică a unui mandat. O instituție matură trebuie să poată vorbi despre propriile greșeli cu aceeași claritate cu care vorbește despre suspecții săi. Moștenirea unui procuror nu se măsoară în câtă teamă a produs și nici în cât de zgomotos a fost aplaudat. Se măsoară în ceea ce a demonstrat legal, în prejudiciile recuperate și în capacitatea de a exercita puterea fără să strivească drepturile cetățenilor. Kövesi își încheie mandatul. Cultul personalității poate continua în cercurile admiratorilor. Publicul are însă dreptul la ceva mult mai serios: un bilanț complet, verificabil, în care reușitele să nu ascundă eșecurile, iar întrebările incomode să primească răspunsuri. Cine a cerut răspundere tuturor trebuie să accepte aceeași exigență pentru propriul mandat. Fără piedestal. Fără imunitate la critică. Fără aplauze folosite în loc de explicații. (translated)

𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗠𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗡 𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡 A perfect day in which human existence could also be simplified. We have chosen an example of Homo sapiens digitalis, a species endowed with an extraordinary ability: to complicate its existence through tools designed to simplify it. 𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝟬𝟲:𝟬𝟬 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗔𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗠 The smartwatch vibrates. It has determined that this is the best time to wake the owner, having analyzed his sleep phases. The man opens his eyes and discovers that he has slept poorly: score 61 out of 100. Until that moment, he felt rested. Now he is tired. 𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝟬𝟳:𝟬𝟬 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗨𝗟𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 Before even saying goodbye to his wife, he consults his smartphone. He checks notifications, messages, and weather forecasts. His wife asks him if he wants coffee. He doesn't respond: he is reading an article about the risks of caffeine. 𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝟬𝟴:𝟬𝟬 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗖IOUS 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗘 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗖𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 He photographs his plate to get an application to calculate the calories. He discovers that he has exceeded the recommended amount of sugar. He eliminates the jam, replaces the bread, and takes a supplement suggested by an influencer. It took him forty-five minutes to eat a breakfast that his grandfather finished in seven. 𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝟬𝟵:𝟬𝟬 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬 He gets in the car and sets the navigator to reach the office where he has worked for twelve years. The system proposes an alternative route to save three minutes. He follows it and gets stuck on a closed road for construction work. He curses technology and posts a negative review. 𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝟭𝟬:𝟬𝟬 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗧𝗬 He turns on the computer and asks artificial intelligence to summarize the received emails. He then asks it to prepare the replies. A colleague in the next office receives one of those emails and asks his AI to summarize it. Two machines communicate on behalf of two humans who could talk to each other across a corridor. 𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝟭𝟭:𝟬𝟬 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 He participates in a video conference with four colleagues sitting in the same building. One software records, another transcribes, and a third produces the summary. No one takes notes. At the end, everyone receives a document that no one reads, because each has already asked their AI to summarize the summary. 𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝟭𝟮:𝟬𝟬 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗖𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗙𝗜𝗖 𝗡𝗘𝗧𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣 He consults an app to choose the restaurant with the best reviews. After twenty minutes, he finds the perfect one, but it's too far away. He orders through another application. A delivery person crosses half the city to deliver a salad that he could have purchased under the office. 𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝟭𝟯:𝟬𝟬 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗢𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗭𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 He opens Facebook. He scrolls through photographs of people he doesn't know, reads opinions from strangers, and participates in a discussion about contemporary loneliness. He insults a user who thinks differently. He receives three reactions and feels an immediate satisfaction. Finally, someone has noticed his existence. 𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝟭𝟰:𝟬𝟬 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 He buys an online course on how to use artificial intelligence to increase productivity. The course teaches him to write instructions so the AI can work in his place. He does not finish the first lesson: he asks the AI to summarize the course. 𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝟭𝟱:𝟬𝟬 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗧𝗬 He has to write birthday wishes to a friend. He asks the AI for an original, warm, and spontaneous text. He copies it and sends it. The friend replies with a thank you generated by his own AI. Both are moved by the depth of the relationship. 𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝟭𝟲:𝟬𝟬 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗕𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗚 The smartwatch indicates that he has been sitting for too long. He gets up, takes two hundred steps around the desk, and sits back down. The device congratulates him. He has reached the first goal of the day. 𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝟭𝟭:𝟬𝟬 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗢𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗢𝗡 He reads the title of a scandalous political news story. He does not open the article: the title already contains all he considers necessary to know. He posts an indignant comment, complete with three exclamation points and four emojis. The algorithm interprets the behavior as interest and begins to suggest other similar news. After half an hour, he is convinced that the world is collapsing. 𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝟭𝟴:𝟬𝟬 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗛 𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗧𝗬 He enters the gym. He wears noise-canceling headphones so he doesn't hear the people around him. He follows the exercises suggested by an application and records every movement. In the end, he posts a photograph with the phrase "Take care of yourself." He spends twenty minutes checking how many appreciated the advice. 𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝟭𝟵:𝟬𝟬 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗡 𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗘 He returns home. His wife watches a video on her phone, his son plays on a console, his daughter participates in a video call. He sits on the sofa and opens Facebook. Perfect family harmony reigns: no one disturbs anyone. 𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝟮𝟬:𝟬𝟬 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥 The family gathers at the table. The father photographs the dish, the mother replies to a message, the son watches a video, and the daughter checks notifications. The father suggests spending more time together. Everyone agrees without taking their eyes off the screens. A WhatsApp group called "Our Family" is created. 𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝟮𝟭:𝟬𝟬 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 He decides to watch a movie. He opens Netflix, checks rankings, reads plots, watches trailers, and compares ratings. After forty-five minutes, he still hasn’t chosen anything. The system suggests a film he has already seen. He watches it again because at least he knows he likes it. 𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝟮𝟮:𝟬𝟬 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣 The couple finds themselves in the bedroom. Both are busy with their smartphones. He reads an article on how to improve couple communication. She watches a video on the signs that indicate a relationship in crisis. Neither has spoken a word to each other yet. 𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝟮𝟯:𝟬𝟬 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 He launches an application to relax. A synthetic voice invites him to clear his mind and distance himself from digital distractions. The phone vibrates: a notification reminds him to keep the daily meditation series active. He interrupts the meditation to check that he hasn't missed the reward. 𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝟬𝟬:𝟬𝟬 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗗 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧 He sets the alarm, activates sleep monitoring, checks the room temperature, and consults forecasts on sleep quality. The device suggests he sleep at least eight hours. He falls asleep at 00:47, worried about not reaching the goal. 𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝟬𝟭:𝟬𝟬 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗟𝗘𝗘𝗣 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 The man sleeps. The smartwatch measures his heart rate, a sensor records his movements, and the smartphone synchronizes the data to the cloud. Even while he sleeps, he continues to produce information about himself. 𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝟬𝟮:𝟬𝟬 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚 The systems process the collected information. They update statistics, synchronize devices, and prepare suggestions for the next day. The man does not know exactly what they are processing, but he has accepted all the terms of service. 𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝟬𝟯:𝟬𝟬 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗢𝗽𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗜𝗭𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 The advertising systems update interest profiles using the available signals. The man, who a few hours earlier had read an article on couple crises, might receive ads for relationship counseling. His concern has become a business opportunity. 𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝟬𝟰:𝟬𝟬 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 The smartphone downloads an update. It promises superior performance, increased security, and new features. Tomorrow, some icons will have changed position, and the man will have to relearn where to find what he needed. 𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝟬𝟱:𝟬𝟬 - 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧 𝗗𝗔𝗬 The digital assistant already has sufficient information to suggest appointments, activities, routes, news, purchases, and content to watch. The man continues to sleep. His next day has already been partially organized. 🐓🐓🐓 𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝟬𝟲:𝟬𝟬 - 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗖𝗛𝗘 The rooster opens its eyes. It crows. The hens wake up. No one received a notification. No one accepted cookies. No one subscribed to a Premium subscription. And above all, no rooster has ever asked an algorithm which hen to court. ⚖️ 𝗝𝗨𝗗𝗚𝗘'𝗦 𝗥𝗨𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗖𝗢𝗗𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗨𝗦 Having examined the behaviors of the two species and established that one has extremely advanced technologies to perform activities that the other performs without any assistance, the Court finds the intellectual superiority of the human to be insufficiently demonstrated. It therefore orders that, until further determination, the expression "chicken brain" constitutes an offense to the dignity of gallinaceous animals. 🐓🤣 𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗬-𝗙𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘. 𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗖𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡. Any reference to real persons is purely coincidental. Any spontaneous identification is the responsibility of the reader. 🤣🤣🤣 (translated)

Guillaume Herblot compared the Polish political situation in 2026 to the Soviet interventions in Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968. He recalled that, in his view, the Soviet intervention in Hungary had caused thousands of deaths and led to the exile of hundreds of thousands of people, while the invasion of Czechoslovakia had ended the Prague Spring and denied national sovereignty. For Poland, Herblot stated that the Constitutional Tribunal was paralyzed, that its president had been suspended, and that the police had been deployed around the building. He mentioned accusations of "coup d'état" and argued that Brussels was applying pressure through legal, budgetary, and institutional means, notably through rulings by the CJEU, the conditionality of European funds, and rule of law related procedures. He estimated that these mechanisms aimed to bend a national majority opposed to the absolute primacy of European law. Comparing European integration after 1989 to the Soviet bloc, he described the former as a more subtle and effective imposed order in the long term, which, according to him, "dilutes" the sovereignty of nations. He finally predicted that this pressure could extend to other countries if an election resulted in an outcome deemed incompatible with Brussels' orthodoxy. #Pologne #Histoire #Souveraineté (translated)

Elif Eralp, the secretly designated mayor of Berlin, is at the center of controversy after an internal note, sent by mistake, revealed her fear for her safety due to Hamas sympathizers, raising doubts about her ability to ensure security in the capital. #Berlino #Hamas #Antisemitismo (translated)

The author claimed that after ten years of Macronism, the French economy was at a standstill. He wrote that companies were not investing enough, that inflation was heavily burdening households, and that the country's production capacity was eroding. He estimated that France needed a competitiveness shock before his message was interrupted. #Économie #France #Inflation #FR (translated)

The Divine Dragon, a Chinese unmanned shuttle equipped with solar panels, concerns the United States due to its surveillance capabilities and potential military applications in space, in a context of increasing technological competitiveness between the two powers. #Shenlong #Spazio #Geopolitica (translated)

The new doubling of the Tobin tax on financial transactions in Italy has elicited strong criticism from the financial world, which is concerned about its ability to attract investments in the market, contrary to the government's goal of reviving the capital market. #TobinTax #LeggeDiBilancio #PiazzaAffari (translated)

The author wrote that Europe was entering a new phase after years of successive crises. He argued that the challenge for the European Union was no longer just to withstand shocks, but also to become more prepared and competitive and to strengthen its ability to decide its own future. He added that he addressed the topic in his most recent article. #Futuro #EU (translated)

Weakened associations: regional figures and a national barometer to understand the difficulties, inform local decisions, and support health, prevention, and solidarity actions. Regional Associations – Key Figures and Indicators 2026 » (19th annual edition) Research & Solidarity, with the support of the Ministry of Sports, Youth, and Associative Life, and in cooperation with The Associative Movement Audio Capsules on Health Practices Analysis of Health Practices and link to the source The document presents a state of play intended "for stakeholders, local decision-makers, and all those interested in associative life." It gathers, for each region, recent administrative data on the creation of associations and associative employment, as well as estimates of the number of active associations and volunteers. The tables allow for situating the region in relation to national benchmarks, particularly for employment in health and social sectors. The collection also presents national results from the opinion barometer of association leaders, conducted in spring 2026. In a context of fragility in the associative sector, this collection provides benchmarks to objectify the difficulties and inform dialogue with funders and local decision-makers. In spring 2026, 45% of heads of employing associations find their situation difficult or very difficult, compared to 35% in 2025; 12% are considering reducing their activities after the summer, compared to 8% a year earlier. Beyond the survival of structures, these signals question their capacity to maintain their actions and support, particularly in social, medico-social, and health areas. Regional data allows for situating the weight of the sector in each territory; however, the results on difficulties remain national and describe the situation in spring 2026, not an updated assessment in the fall. #pratiquesensante #VieAssociative #Bénévolat #EmploiAssociatif #EngagementBénévole #ESS #ActionSociale #DonnéesRégionales (translated)

The article discusses Romania's need to develop its drone and defense system production capabilities, in the context of the war in Ukraine, emphasizing the importance of rapid adaptation to new combat conditions and emerging technologies. #Drone #ApărareNațională #IndustrieMilitară (translated)

The Minister of Finance, Alexandru Nazare, stated that new taxes may be necessary in 2027 due to budget pressures and high interest costs, despite experts warning that Romanians no longer have the capacity to bear tax increases in the context of inflation and declining consumption. #EconomiaRomâniei #CreșteriDeTaxe #Inflație (translated)

A study led by the University of Oxford reveals that long-distance migratory birds, such as storm petrels, also suffer from disorientation and 'jet lag' due to the mismatch between their internal biological clocks and the local solar time, which affects their navigation ability. #MigraciónAviar #JetLagAnimal #BrújulaSolar (translated)