Bro, sit down 'cause I'm about to drop one that'll make you realize Romanian politics is like a never-ending soap opera. Check this out: PSD wants to put one of Adrian Năstase's close allies at the helm of ICR - the Romanian Cultural Institute. We're talking about Corina Raluca Încroșnatu, currently vice president there, appointed by PSD in 2024. And now the Ministry of Foreign Affairs steps in and revokes the public utility status of one of Năstase's associations, but leaves another one alone. Coincidence? What do you think?

Man, see how things go down here: on May 29, the proposals for ICR landed at the Senate's Permanent Bureau. The board has 23 members, 14 of which are appointed by the Senate: half from creator associations, half from parties. And the Senate also proposes the president and vice president. After they go through committees, they get voted on in plenary. The term is 4 years, renewable. Simple, right? But nothing's simple around here.

Now, let's see who this Corina is. She started her career at 20 as a volunteer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2003. A year later she enrolled in Philology at Bucharest University, then did a master's in Economics at Hyperion. And look, her CV shows a 6-year gap - between 2006, when she quit volunteering, and 2012, when she got a job as a parliamentary advisor at the Chamber and a volunteer at the Nicolae Titulescu Foundation, where Adrian Năstase is president. What did she do in those years? Nobody knows. Maybe she stayed home and read, maybe she worked under the table, maybe she was in Dubai. In 2014 she joined ICR, climbed the ranks to vice president in 2024. She quit volunteering at Năstase's foundation in 2016, but the collaboration continued - in 2020, the former prime minister thanked her "specially" for help with a volume. That's how you build connections, bro!

And now comes the really interesting part: G4Media says PSD and AUR are negotiating to support each other's candidates for the ICR Council. Exactly what we saw with the no-confidence motion when Bolojan fell. Look how nicely they get along! In July 2025, Nicolae Voiculeț, AUR's proposal for the Council, was at the center of a scandal for organizing a concert he promoted under ICR's patronage. ICR President Silviu Jicman said it's not true. But who believes him?

And look, in May 2026, the Government, at MAE's request, revoked the public utility status of Năstase's International Law Association, founded in 2002. This status is like a golden key: it gives you credibility, funding, free use of public goods, and priority on contracts. Năstase's other foundation, the Nicolae Titulescu Foundation, kept its status. How come? ICR, through its programs, can fund foundations with public utility status. See any conflict of interest here? I'm not surprised by anything anymore.

G4Media tried to get a comment from Corina and Năstase, but they didn't respond. Of course, what would they say? That's how it's done in Romania: silence is golden, especially when you have explanations to give. In the meantime, I'm off to tell Mioara that at ICR they're negotiating under the table, and she shouldn't expect anything from culture anymore - 'cause anyway, culture here is a luxury for the privileged.