Hungarian premier Viktor Orban excluded the possibility that Fidesz, its political force, could be part of ECR, the European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR) headed by the Brothers of Italy party, led by Italian premier Giorgia Meloni. That is due to the recent integration of the Romanian nationalist party AUR (Alliance for Romanians' Union) which Orban considers “anti-Hungarian”, EFE informs. Viktor Orban met Giorgia Meloni in Rome, on Monday, as part of a small tour including Paris and Berlin. The meeting took place before the EU summit, which announces to be important for the EU leading positions, following the European elections held this week, ANSA wrote. Meloni and Orban have good relations and share the same opinion on aspects such as fighting illegal migration and the drop of the birth rate as well as establishing limits to the joint EU sovereignty. However, Orban does not share the firm support of the Italian government for Ukraine, which is fighting against Russian invasion forces. Orban's Fidesz Party is not part of any European group after having left the European Popular Party, two years ago. Orban showed his willingness to collaborate with Meloni for “the consolidation of right wing European parties, even if he excluded the affiliation of Fidesz to ECR.
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 […]
