Upper House

Senate warned of having its YouTube channel shut down because of Diana Sosoaca's anti-mask messages

Chair of the Senate's Law Committee, Liberal Iulia Scantei, declared on Tuesday that the YouTube channel administration has warned the Parliament's Upper House that they will take down the page of the institution if messages undercutting the mask mandate continue, a first step being the deletion of this kind of video clips posted by controversial Senator Diana Sosoaca.

Senate's Dragu: Dismantling of SIIJ and justice laws, good arguments for lifting of CVM

Senate President Anca Dragu considers that Romania has taken the necessary steps to eliminating the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) this year, a fact also acknowledged by the Vice President of the European Commission, Vera Jourova. "I was in this video conference with Vera Jourova, vice-president of the European Commission, and she said that Romania could get rid of this CVM.

Anca Dragu (USR PLUS) - elected Senate President

Save Romania Union - Party of Liberty, Unity and Solidarity (USR PLUS) Alliance's Senator Anca Dragu was elected, on Monday evening, President of the Upper House of Parliament. She got 75 votes "for" and 51 "against". Social Democrat Lucian Romascanu, who also ran for this office, received 51 votes in favor and 75 votes against.

Upper House Chairman Tariceanu denies corruption accusations, says decision to greenlight prosecution in Senate's hands

Senate Chairman Calin Popescu-Tariceanu said on Tuesday that it is in the hands of the Upper House plenary to decide whether he should be prosecuted or not, while the prosecutors can only look into the legality, not the timeliness of the Government's decisions.