Plus the aggressive pro-American stance of the Romanian government certainly does not help in Paris...
Speaking for myself, my own experience of the two countries is limited to a drive through both late in the summer of 1992. Bulgaria appeared to be less backward and brainwashed to me than Romania. (for instance, you could find petrol stations on the road...) In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
BTW the Austrian giant OMV bought Petrom so there are plenty of modern "petrol" stations all over the place now ;)
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