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Church and Revolution in Ceaușescu’s Romania

It was not only the repression of personal liberties, the control over the media and the personal cult of Ceaușescu which made the Romanian one party-system infamous, but also the decline in the country’s living standards.

Echoes from the Balcony: Media and Culture During the Ceaușescu Regime

‘Even in December 1989, with the dictatorship collapsing, state television aired rallies staged in Ceaușescu’s support—only to have them interrupted by live images of his downfall. Journalists, tightly bound to the Party, had no autonomy; their function was transmission, not inquiry. The very system designed to preserve his rule ended up revealing…the fragility of a regime built on spectacle.’

A Political Witch-Hunt against the Patriots for Europe in the European Parliament

‘The Patriots for Europe have called the allegations and the investigation a politically motivated attempt to discredit their political community. “The use of bureaucratic instruments to discredit or dismantle political opponents is reminiscent of practices common in totalitarian regimes. We will not remain silent,” the Patriots stated in their X post.’