Hogyan váltsuk rendszerünket? A romániai rendszerváltás néhány tanulsága
How to Change Our Regime? Some Lessons of the Romanian Regime Change

Summary/Abstract: The events of December 1989 began as a revolution, but ended as a regime change. The difference is one of depth: the process (i.e., the violent removal of the national communist leaders) went quite quickly in Romania; however, it left much “debris” behind. Romanian society has denied the old regime, but was not ready for complete regime change. Thus, the “new” leadership effectively meant a mixture of old and new. Our regime change was not completely successful, if one takes into account the current situation of the minorities – and especially of the Hungarian minority –, the discussions on the restitution of properties, which are still going on today, and the continuous fight between traditionalism and modernism.

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