Alliance for Liberals and Democrats

The Speaker of Romania's Senate, Calin Popescu Tariceanu, who served as Prime Minister from 2004 to 2008, faces a vote on immunity in parliament after anti-corruption prosecutors on Wednesday sought to start an investigation.

A bill submitted by Romania's ruling Social Democrat Party, PSD, requires non-governmental organizations to declare their sources of funding every six months or face dissolution, causing great concern among civic activists and opposition party politicians in Bucharest.