National Liberal Party (PNL)

Parliament on Wednesday repeated a vote on a bill concerning President Klaus Iohannis' request for a national consultative referendum on issues of national concern, eliminating some initial recommendations to the head of state. There were 218 yeas, 11 nays and three abstentions for the new text of the bill.

Parliament on Wednesday passed, 263 to 9 and one abstention, a bill on the request of President Klaus Iohannis for holding a national consultative referendum on issues of national interest on May 26 that includes several recommendations to the head of state.

President Klaus Iohannis said on Thursday at the end of the first day of consultations with parliamentary parties that all those who participated in the talks embraced the idea of holding a referendum.

Justice Minister Tudorel Toader said on Wednesday he prepared an answer to every single question in the opposition motion against him. "Can you picture me showing up unprepared? The motion will be read out by its sponsors, after which I, the object to which the motion refers, come up with ready-made answers to each and all question.

National leader of the opposition National Liberal Party (PNL) Ludovic Orban said on Monday that sending the December 1989 case file to court for a trial can be a good thing. "For 30 years, we have been demanding the punishment of the culprits for the deaths of the Revolution and for 30 years this file has been kept closed in the drawers of various prosecutors' offices.

The Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) has approved the bids filed by the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the National Liberal Party (PNL), the Save Romania Union - PLUS (USR-PLUS) 2020 Election Alliance, according to its decisions posted on its website.

Laws appear without an analysis of legitimacy and we wind up with laws that breach laws, and the Constitutional Court declares them unconstitutional, National Bank of Romania (BNR) strategy consultant Adrian Vasilescu said on Wednesday in reference to the laws on credit agreements, leasing operations and financial relations in the banking area.

A summit meeting of local and regional leaders of the European People's Party (EPP), including over 150 mayors and regional leaders from Europe, as well as about 3,000 Romanian local officeholders will be held in Bucharest on Saturday, according to the National Liberal Party (PNL).

National leader of the opposition National Liberal Party (PNL) Ludovic Orban on Thursday sent an open letter to Prime Minister Viorica Dancila, urging the Romanian Government to extend "a positive mandate" to former chief anti-graft prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi in her bid for chief prosecutor of the European Public Prosecutor's Office.

President Klaus Iohanis believes the budget proposed by the Social Democratic Party (PSD) - the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) ruling coalition, adopted by Parliament on Friday, shows the majority coalition's total contempt for Romanians' expectations, "who want a responsible and credible governance."