Debates in Parliament should be concluded after the summer recess and the citi-zens of Romania called to vote on a new draft constitution at some time in fall. .
Until November 2002 when Romania was extended the invitation to join the NATO, the PSD-Government had been working with surprising discipline, the party and the factions in the two chambers of Parliament, the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, had submitted to the Government's objective of leading the country into the Euro-Atlantic defense alliance without putting up any resistance. This aimed at creating the impression of an honest Government serving exclusively the welfare of the country and a modern, westwardly oriented ruling party as well as at presenting an altogether positive report on the Government's activity in all areas.
But the account of Adrian Nastase's Government should be viewed in the light of dif-ferent considerations:.
Thus, the Romanian foreign policy has produced some positive results, as for instance the lifting of the visa requirement for Romanians traveling to the European Union since January 1, 2002, the invitation received last year in Prague to join the Nato and the visit of the US president George W. Bush to Bucharest on November 23, 2002. Furthermore, the Romanian Government has skillfully played its cards close to its chest in as far as comments on last year's strained political circumstances in the Re-public of Moldavia are concerned, whose communist government had repeatedly ac-cused Romania of interfering in its internal affairs. When the presidents of Romania and the Republic of Moldavia, Ioan Iliescu and respectively Vladimir Voronim met on the Prut on August 1, 2003 for the festivities organized in connection with the inaugu-ration of the dam in Stnca-Coste ∘ti (vor 25 Jahren???????), of the two presidents, Ili-escu seemed to bet the one more concerned about seeking conciliation.
