Razvan-Adrian Pandea

Prime Minister designate, Ludovic Orban, stated on Tuesday that the Executive he will lead will give Romanians "honesty, competence, integrity, dedication in serving the public interest and solutions to the big problems" the country is facing.

The Social Democratic Party (PSD) MPs will not vote on the investiture of the new government, the decision being taken unanimously during the meeting that took place of Monday, a release of the Social Democrats announced. "PSD will not vouch for an executive of massive layoffs, for pension and salary cuts, for lowering the welfare of Romanians!

The National Liberal Party (PNL) supports investment programs at the local level and not only will it finalize the National Program for Local Development 2 (PNDL 2) program, but will continue this type of programs, said, on Monday, the PNL chairman, Ludovic Orban, adding, however, that the money will be allotted by criteria set down by law and not the "pen of a minister".

The Bucharest public will be able to discover, Friday night, 69 museums, art galleries, foreign cultural centers, art hubs and alternative spaces at the 13th edition of the White Night of the Art Galleries - WNG.

The chair of the Social Democrat Party (PSD), Viorica Dancila, announced on Thursday evening that the party she is running will not participate on Friday in the consultations at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace called by President Iohannis after the censure motion cleared Parliament.

Chairman of the Save Romania Union (USR) Dan Barna said on Thursday that he believes the vote for the censure motion represents "a political exam of Parliament", adding that Prime Minister Viorica Dancila is leading "one of the most incompetent governments of the past 30 years. "Today, the Parliament of Romania is taking its political exam in front of the citizens.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila stated on Thursday that the Opposition does not truly want to govern Romania and asked her detractors to let Government continue its job and continue the reforms it started. "Do not underestimate the Social Democrat Party! Don't believe we will ever stop, in power or in the Opposition, fighting against you, those who wish to divide Romania and see it poor again.

The chairman of the People's Movement Party (PMP), Eugen Tomac, announced, on Thursday, before the debate of the censure motion, that all PMP MPs are present and will vote in favor of the motion, claiming that senator Vasile Cristian Lungu, who was scheduled for surgery, will come by ambulance in Parliament to express his vote.

The chairman of the National Liberal Party (PNL), Ludovic Orban, stated on Thursday that all the Liberal MPs are present at the vote regarding the censure motion and will vote in the open against the Executive. "All the PNL MPs are present and all will vote in the open the censure motion. (...) The censure motion will pass!

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila accused President Klaus Iohannis of "forgetting the separation of powers", and that he is behaving like "a party leader" and being the one who "wants to bring the Government down", the one who "urges MPs to vote for the motion".