Alina Novaceanu

PNL, USR and PMP file censure motion with Parliament

The censure motion titled "Enough! Dragnea - Dancila Government, shame of Romania!," initiated by the National Liberal Party (PNL), the Save Romania Union (USR) and the People's Movement Party (PMP), was filed with Parliament on Friday.

The document is signed by 163 MPs.

The joint standing bureaus are going to set the debate procedure.

Deputy PM Birchall at Reykjavik Forum: Romania will prioritise social affairs while holding EU Council Presidency

Romania will pay special attention to the social dimension and the principles that make it - gender equality, social inclusion, occupational safety, work-life balance - when holding the six-month rotating Presidency of the EU Council in the first half of 2019, Romania's Deputy Prime Minister Ana Birchall told the Women Leaders Global Forum (WPL).

PM Dancila: When holding EU Council Presidency, consensus, peace are needed; political disputes secondary to it

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said on Tuesday that Romania should follow the example of the other EU member states and seek consensus for the time it holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union in the first half of 2019, stressing that political disputes should be secondary to that.

PMP's Tomac: In statistics, Romania battles with banana republics in infrastructure, motorways - a faraway dream

The chairman of the PMP (People's Movement Party, opposition, ed. n.) Eugen Tomac says that the PSD (Social Democratic Party, major at rule, ed. n.) is leaving behind a "scorched country", pointing out that "Romania is battling in statistics with banana republics in infrastructure."

Offshore law:Paramount for Romania's citizens, says Energy minister, economic sleight of hand, says opposition

The Offshore Law is paramount for everybody and especially for Romania's citizens, on Monday said Energy Minister Anton Anton, at the Chamber of Deputies, after the "Gov't Hour" adding that in his opinion "it will clear Parliament."

Senate's Popescu-Tariceanu:Toader presents emergency ordinance on Justice laws, amnesty and pardoning left out

The President of the Senate, Calin Popescu-Tariceanu, declared on Thursday, after the meeting with the governing coalition, that Minister of Justice Tudorel Toader made a presentation of the emergency ordinance which will take on "a series" of recommendations from the Venice Commission concerning the Justice laws, specifying that this normative act will not contain provisions concerning amnesty

Pro Romania's Ponta asks replacement of criminally prosecuted gendarmes: Minister's stand, an abuse

Pro Romania demands the replacement of the Gendarmerie chiefs against whom the prosecution was started in the case of the 10 August protest, and this structure should be removed from the political battle, Victor Ponta, leader of the party, said on Monday, stressing that the position of the Minister of the Interior of keeping them in service is an abuse.

Maior on tossed out allegations: Asked SRI oversight committee to seek evidence, hear Dragnea, Ponta

Former Director of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) and current Ambassador of Romania to the US George Maior announced that he asked the parliamentary committee on the oversight of SRI's activity to "seriously reflect on the multiple allegations tossed out about illegal interceptions, covert officers, incompatibilities, pressure put on justice," and seek evidence and hear others,

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