Reconsideration of Democratic Control Over the Institutions of the Romanian National Security in the Context of the Evolution of Current Risks and Threats

The article provides a documentation of the main risks and threats to national security and analyze the mechanism of cooperation and double determination, civil society - responsible institutions in terms of improving the democratic control of the security sector, the main instrument for ensuring the balance between efficiency strategies in this area and the fundamental rights of the population. Romania, a member of NATO and the EU, geostrategic positioned in relation to new sources of threat, has become an important pillar of regional security, being more involved in preventing and managing potential conflicts in South-Eastern Europe. In order to fulfill the obligations imposed by membership in the two organizations and to ensure optimum climate of national security in relation to new challenges, the institutions encharged in Romania are forced to adopt new security strategies and refine, so to answer effective current risks and vulnerabilities. In this transformation process, strengthening democratic control over the institutions of the national security system becomes an essential element of the success of their mission, both in terms of strengthening public confidence in the measures taken by them, as well as the correlation of security strategies and the legal framework in the field with the constitutional principles of the rule of law. Thus, it requires mechanisms to exercise parliamentary control over these institutions to improve in order to answer appropriately both to the consequences of the evolution of the security environment and the demands and the concerns of civil society, increasingly concerned about the possibility of damaging fundamental rights and freedoms in exchange for the best environment for social security.