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Grindeanu: PSD has a 35% share in Parliament; it cannot be ignored

The Social Democratic Party (PSD) has a share of approximately 35% in Parliament, and this cannot be ignored, PSD First Deputy Chairman Sorin Grindeanu said on Wednesday. "What we take into account all the time is to respect the vote given by Romanians, and the vote given by Romanians on December 6 said that the PSD has in Parliament about 35% including the redistributions.

UPDATED Alexandru Rafila - validated by National Political Council of PSD to be proposed Prime Minister

Doctor Alexandru Rafila was voted by the National Political Council to be proposed by the Social Democrats for Prime Minister. "Today, in the National Political Council, we put to vote so that on Monday we go to Cotroceni [Presidential Palace] with Professor Alexandru Rafila, the PSD's [the Social Democratic Party] proposal for the position of Prime Minister.

ParliamentaryElections2020/ More than 264,000 Romanians abroad turn out to vote until 23:00 hrs

More than 264,000 Romanian citizens had voted abroad in the general election until Sunday as of 23:00 hrs, Romania's time, with 21,329 of these votes being cast by mail, the Permanent Electoral Authority announced on its website. In Spain, the country with one of the largest Romanian communities abroad, 140 polling stations were organized, in which more than 33,000 people cast their ballots.

ParliamentaryElections2020/ More than 262,000 Romanians abroad turn out to vote until 22:00 hrs

More than 262,000 Romanian citizens had voted abroad in the general election until Sunday as of 22:00 hrs, Romania's time, with 21,329 of these votes being cast by mail, the Permanent Electoral Authority announced on its website. In Spain, the country with one of the largest Romanian communities abroad, 140 polling stations were organized, in which more than 33,000 people cast their ballots.

PMP's Tomac calls today's general election patriotic action

National chairman of the People's Movement Party (PMP) Eugen Tomac says Sunday's vote is "patriotic actions," urging Romanians to exercise this constitutional right "with confidence" thinking about the country's future. "The vote cast today is patriotic action. I would very much like you to vote wholeheartedly, with confidence and thinking about the future of the country.

ParliamentaryElections2020/PSD's Ciolacu: I vote for Romanians to take their lives back, against incompetence and indolence

Buzau, Dec 6 /Agerpres/ - The chair of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), Marcel Ciolacu, declared on Sunday morning, after leaving the polls, that he voted for "Romanians to take their lives back", but also against "incompetence and indolence".

Academy's Pop: Calendar link between St. Andrew's feast and National Day, not accidental

It is not accidental the "obvious" link in the calendar between the Day of St. Andrew - the 30th of November - and the National Day of Romania and Romanians - the 1st of December, but "a fulfillment of the heavenly providence", on Sunday asserted the head of the Romanian Academy, Ioan-Aurel Pop, on his Facebook page.

PM Orban: Number of citizens with employment agreements down by 14,000 in May against same month of 2019

Prime Minister Ludovic Orban on Tuesday stated that the number of persons with employment agreements dropped by 14,000 in May 2020 compared with the same period last year. "Very many analysts, political leaders from the Opposition predicted the apocalypse in the employment field: a scary unemployment. We have even been accused of not taking measures for it.

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