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== Post-presidency == [[File:Constantinescu - Chen meeting (2008) 2.jpg|thumb|right|Emil Constantinescu in a meeting with [[President of the Republic of China|Taiwanese President]] [[Chen Shui-bian]] in 2008]] Constantinescu's presidency along with CDR's governance were marred by an economic recession. Despite this, his presidency has been eventually credited with putting an end to the [[Mineriad]]s, a reform of the banking system as well as with the attraction of the first major foreign investments in Romania after 1989. With dashed expectations of an immediate improvement in daily life, Romanians exhibited strong disillusionment with the major parties and politicians of the CDR at the end of the 1996–2000 legislature, with the [[Greater Romania Party]] (PRM) subsequently gaining the second place in the [[2000 Romanian general election|2000 legislative election]]. A disenchanted Emil Constantinescu, who lost popularity and had failed to fulfil his reformist agenda announced on 17 July 2000 that he would not run for a second term.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IjsH_9osSE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/6IjsH_9osSE| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|language=ro|title=Declarație Emil Constantinescu|website=[[YouTube]] |date=July 2000|accessdate=31 May 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He temporarily withdrew from political life at the end of his term in November 2000. Constantinescu's direction in foreign affairs continued however after the comeback of [[Ion Iliescu]] in 2000. Eventually, Romania [[Romania–NATO relations|joined NATO in 2004]] and the [[European Union]] (EU) three years later, in 2007, alongside [[Bulgaria]]. [[File:Emil Constantinescu la Gaudeamus 2013.jpg|thumb|left|Emil Constantinescu at the Gaudeamus Book Fair in 2013]] The former president returned to the political scene in 2002 as head of the [[People's Action (Romania)|People's Action]] (AP; ''Acţiunea Populară'') party, which subsequently merged within the [[National Liberal Party (Romania)|National Liberal Party]] (PNL) in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-politic-2561020-actiunea-populara-accepta-fuziunea-pnl.htm|language=ro|work=HotNews.ro|title=Acțiunea Populară acceptă fuziunea cu PNL|date=12 March 2008}}</ref> Constantinescu had occasionally criticized the policies of the 2004–2014 president, [[Traian Băsescu]], accusing him of authoritarian tendencies,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.realitatea.net/stiri/ultimele-stiri/emil-constantinescu-discursurile-lui-basescu-sunt-asemanatoare-celor-ale-fostilor-lideri-totalitaristi_5dcc91a8406af85273ca6002|title=Emil Constantinescu: Discursurile lui Băsescu sunt asemănătoare celor ale foștilor lideri totalitariști|date=25 September 2009|work=Realitatea.net}}</ref> and supported [[Crin Antonescu]] in the first round of the [[2009 Romanian presidential election|2009 presidential elections]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gandul.ro/politica/emil-apel-catre-intelectuali-asumati-va-esecul-moral-si-lepadati-va-de-raul-absolut-care-este-basescu-4550593|title=Emil, apel către intelectuali: Asumați-vă eșecul moral și lepădați-vă de răul absolut care este Băsescu!|date=23 April 2012}}</ref> Nowadays, he still remains heavily involved in politics through working for many NGOs, both in Romania and internationally. Emil Constantinescu is the current president of the Association of Citizenship Education, of the Romanian Foundation for Democracy<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://frd.org.ro/|title=FUNDAŢIA ROMÂNĂ PENTRU DEMOCRAŢIE | Construim societatea civilă și cultura democrației din 1992}}</ref> and also the founding president of the Institute for Regional Cooperation and Conflict Prevention (INCOR).<ref>{{cite web |title=Emil Constantinescu |url=http://www.ewi.info/profile/emil-constantinescu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140823113202/http://www.ewi.info/profile/emil-constantinescu |archive-date=2014-08-23 |access-date=21 August 2015 |url-status=usurped |publisher=East West Institute}}</ref> A frequent speaker at the [[Oslo Freedom Forum]], in 2010 he presented the OFF with a presidential medal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oslo Freedom Forum |url=http://www.oslofreedomforum.com/news.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609053411/http://www.oslofreedomforum.com/news.html |archive-date=2010-06-09}}</ref> He is also a member of the international advisory council of the [[Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://oslofreedomforum.com/speakers/emil-constantinescu/|title=Emil Constantinescu}}</ref>
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