The PSD PNL electoral alliance won 48.55% of the votes in the European Parliament elections (19 MEPs), the AUR Alliance - 14.93% (six mandates), the United Right Alliance (ADU) USR - PMP - Force of Right - 8.71% (three mandates), according to the final results presented on Tuesday by the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC).Also, the Hungarian Democratic Union from Romania obtained 6.48% of the votes (two mandates), the S.O.S Romania Party won 5.03% (two MEP mandates), and Nicolae-Bogdanel Stefanuta, an independent candidate, got 3.08% (one mandate).BEC spokesperson, Anamaria Revnic-Calugarita, announced that, regarding the results for the election of members from Romania to the European Parliament, following the centralization of the 19,870 polling stations organized in the country and abroad, the total number of voters registered in the lists electoral votes that came to the polls was 9,444,894, the degree of voting participation was 52.40%, and the total number of valid votes cast - 8,942,629.According to the centralized data, the situation of the votes in the European parliamentary elections is presented as follows:* PSD PNL electoral alliance - 48.55% (4,341,686 votes);* AUR Alliance - 14.93% (1,334,905 votes);* United Right Alliance USR - PMP - Force of Right - 8.71% (778,901 votes);* The Hungarian Democratic Union from Romania - 6.48% (579,180 votes);* S.O.S. Party Romania - 5.03% (450,040 votes);* Party Renew the European Project of Romania (REPER) - 3.74% (334,703 votes);* Stefanuta Nicolae-Bogdanel, independent candidate - 3.08% (275,796 votes).Following the assignment of the 33 mandates allocated to Romania in the European Parliament, the situation is as follows:* Electoral Alliance PSD PNL - 19 mandates of MEPs;* AUR Alliance - six MEP mandates;* United Right Alliance USR - PMP - Force of Right - three mandates as a member of the European Parliament;* Hungarian Democratic Union from Romania - two mandates as a member of the European Parliament;* S.O.S Romania Party - two mandates as a member of the European Parliament;* Stefanuta Nicolae Bogdanel obtained a mandate as a member of the European Parliament.
The ruling coalition will no longer negotiate with the Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) and the High Court (ICCJ) on the magistrates’ pensions law but instead will come up with a revised version of the bill by November 18, inviting magistrates’ associations to demonstrate their loyalty by issuing the necessary consultative opinion timely, such to […]
Along with the American investment fund Carlyle, which is said to want Lukoil's assets under a global deal and is already active in Romania through the Black Sea Oil and Gas company as the third largest gas producer in Romania (10%), there are at least two other companies interested, according to Romanian minister of energy […]
Subscriptions under the November 2025 issue under the Fidelis government bond scheme were the weakest in the last six months, signalling a moderation in investor appetite for this form of savings. The state raised only RON 1.3 billion (EUR 260 million), of which approximately two-thirds came from tranches denominated in euros,
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), under its annual Article IV Consultations with Romania, said that the country’s general government budget deficit may drop to 5.8% of GDP in 2026 and suggested further steps for further fiscal consolidation. The Fund’s proposed plan focuses on personal income taxation, which would generate 0.9% of GDP higher revenues by […]
Romania’s current account (CA) deficit widened by 7.5% y/y to EUR 8.8 billion in Q3, despite a slight improvement in the balance of trade in goods (the country’s main source of external deficit), according to data published by the National Bank (BNR). The deficit of the trade in goods contracted by 7.8% y/y (by EUR […]
National Bank of Romania (BNR) governor Mugur Isărescu, on November 14, while unveiling the Inflation Report, argued that the Romanian economy will most likely not record two consecutive quarters of negative growth, which would mean entering a recession, but even in such a scenario, the evolution for the entire year will be positive, of approximately […]
