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.
President Nicusor Dan signed on Thursday the decree appointing Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan as interim Vice Prime Minister on the areas coordinated by Dragos Anastasiu, the Presidential Administration informed.On 27 July, Dragos Anastasiu announced he was stepping down from the vice prime minister office, mentioning that he could no longer accept "being denigrated and thus […]
Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan continued consultations on Thursday with representatives of the Association of Communes of Romania, telling them there is a strong chance to overcome the current difficult period if the approach of "responsibility toward public funds" is maintained."The reform of local public administration will be part of the second package of government measures […]
Financing the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) projects will continue for those already initiated and will stop only in case investment has not begun, where not a single euro was spent for construction, Development minister Cseke Attila explained on Thursday. “PNRR will not stop, neither will financing investments which have already been initiated, […]
The Justice Ministry announced on Thursday having developed in cooperation with the Finance Ministry and the National Tax Administration Agency a set of proposals to amend the Insolvency Law, which will be included in the second reform package.Some of the amendments provide for a higher recovery rate of the taxes and fees owed by insolvent […]
Romania is in the antechamber of recession, with the risk that its economy will decline in the third or fourth quarter, especially amid an increase in taxes, a significant drop in sales and record inflation at European level, says business consultant Adrian Negrescu."We are currently in the antechamber of recession. It is a moment […]
The Ministry of Culture announced on Thursday that is set to adapt national legislation for enforcing the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), which supports media pluralism, editorial responsibility, protects journalists from abusive surveillance and intimidation, and provides protection for sources.According to a Culture Ministry release, the implementation in Romania of Regulation (EU) 2024/1083 of the […]
