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Romanian Opposition Party Elects New Leader
The National Liberal Party, PNL, Romania’s biggest opposition party, elected Klaus Iohannis as its new president on Saturday.
Iohannis, 55, an ethnic German and popular mayor of Transylvanian city of Sibiu, has replaced former parliament speaker Crin Antonescu, and has promised to revive the party’s popularity.
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Romania's Main Opposition Parties to Merge
Leaders of the opposition Democratic Liberal Party, PDL, on Monday agreed to a merger with the National Liberal Party, PNL, in order to create a rightist alliance capable of taking on Victor Ponta's ruling centre-left coalition.
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Romania Opposition Chiefs Quit After Poll Flop
Crin Antonescu, head of Romania's main opposition National Liberal Party, PNL, on Monday announced that he would resign from his post after the party failed to win over voters in last weekend's European Parliament elections.
The party vice-presidents also resigned from their positions.
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Leftist Alliance Leads Romania's EU Election Polls
European elections on 25 May will be marked by a high degree of absenteeism in Romania, as only 28 per cent of people say they intend to vote on Sunday, a poll released on Wednesday said.
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Romanian Govt Faces No-Confidence Vote
The opposition Liberal Party, PNL, on Tuesday filed a no-confidence motion against the center-left government of Victor Ponta, which the government is likely to survive.
The PNL says the Prime Minister and ruling coalition should step down as they had failed to manifest "a clear foreign policy” in the context of the crisis in neighbouring Ukraine.
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Liberals Close to Quitting Romania Coalition
Romania's centre-left coalition looked close to splitting up after Klaus Johanis, a leader of National Liberal Party, PNL, on Monday said he was “not very optimistic that the coalition will survive tomorrow.
“We failed to find a solution to the proposed cabinet changes. As a result, our party will decide on Tuesday if our ministers will leave the government or not,” he added.
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Party Dispute Threatens Romania Coalition
Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Wednesday took over the role of interim Finance Minister while another member of his ruling Social Democrat Party, PSD, will temporarily head the economy portofolio.
The moves are the latest in a weeks-long feud among Romania’s ruling coalition members, which escalated after the parties failed to agree on cabinet changes.
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