"One country, regardless of its name, if it loses control of the economy, becomes a colony. Regardless of whether we called it this or not ... that's another matter. The circulation of money is crucial, in three points. Resources, energy and the banks. To the extent that you lose those points, you become a colony. Romania has lost them. A lot is added here. We exert no control over commerce. The little industry that has left is not in the hands of Romanians."
Also, Şerbănescu compared Romania to several states around it which have still kept some key points for power unlike Romania.
"I want to make a comparison with the surrounding countries and you'll see that the counterparts of Romanian in the region have preserved important pawns. Hungary kept the banking business and the fuels productions. They have no resources but MOL is investing in resources. Not to mention the Czechs. They did not join in the German plan "austerity at all costs." They did not follow this crap that the World Bank had us follow, the energy monopoly. It does exist here, it is called CEZ, they extracted the essence and send it to the Czech Republic. CEZ is the Czech state. The Romanian state no longer exists in this equation. And Croatia. The largest retailer in Croatia is Croatian. We do not have a Romanian retailer. 10 foreign companies compete over that which is left, " Şerbănescu said.