Romania Union

The Joint Chambers of Parliament rejected on Wednesday the motion of no-confidence "Ousting the Dragnea - Dancila government, a national emergency!", signed by the National Liberal Party (PNL), Save Romania Union (USR) and People Movement's Party (PMP).

The vote tally counted 166 votes for the motion and 4 against.

Save Romania Union (USR) leader Dan Barna stated on Wednesday in Parliament's plenum that his party will vote for the no-confidence motion, the only way forward into Europe, highlighting that our country urgently needs a competent government, "not a puppet one, at the service of a convicted criminal."

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila stated on Wednesday in Parliament's plenum she was not expecting the entire no-confidence motion, signed by the National Liberal Party (PNL), Save Romania Union (USR) and People Movement's Party (PMP), to be "a sequence of fabrications."

More than 2,000 people are participating on Saturday evening, around 7 pm, in the protest called "We want Europe, not a Dictatorship," in the Victoriei Square, downtown the Capital City of Bucharest

Romania's main opposition centre-right National Liberal Party, PNL, is set to elect a new leader on Saturday, as the ruling Social Democrats face their worst crisis in years, with the party leader entrenched in a power struggle with the Prime Minister.

The Social Democrat Party (PSD) is in for a big win in the general election held in Romania on Sunday, exit poll projections show.

If confirmed, the result could bring the left-wing party back into power after resigning over last year's protests.

The PSD got 45.2% of the vote, acording to the Center for Urban and Regional Sociology (CURS), quoted by AGERPRES.

Voting has begun in Romania in a regular parliamentary election, with social democrats and liberals will be vying to get the biggest number of seats.

Some 18.9 million Romanians are eligible to cast ballots. The voting day started at 07:00 local time (EET).