PNL (National Liberal Party) first vice chairman Gheorghe Flutur on Thursday informed that the Executive Bureau of this party has unanimously approved that the Liberals' proposal for the position of prime minister be Nicolae Ciuca, this proposal coming from the party leader, Florin Citu."The Executive Bureau of the PNL, at the proposal of the party leader, has unanimously voted Mr. Nicolae Ciuca candidate for prime minister. The proposal came from the party leader," Flutur said at the PNL headquarters.He specified that the Executive Bureau has also voted for Nicolae Ciuca to be the head of the PNL delegation in the negotiations with PSD (Social Democratic Party) and UDMR (Democratic Union of Hungarians of Romania)."There has been another proposal that the head of the delegation to conduct the negotiations for building this government be Nicolae Ciuca, the one who is our candidate prime minister," Flutur added. In turn, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Chairman, Marcel Ciolacu, reiterated, on Thursday, that the social democrats currently have a proposal for prime minister, in the context in which the liberals announced that the National Liberal Party (PNL)'s proposal for the position of prime minister is Nicolae Ciuca."At this moment, PSD has a proposal for prime minister. We are going to negotiations at 16.00 with those from PNL," said Ciolacu, at the PSD headquarters.Asked if PSD could change its decision and accept Ciuca as prime minister, a proposal from the three political parties that will form a governing coalition, Ciolacu said: "At this moment I understand that PNL has another proposal for rotation. (...) Nicolae Ciuca is the PNL proposal."When asked if he has had an agreement with President Klaus Iohannis regarding Nicolae Ciuca for two months, the PSD leader said: "God forbid! I didn't even talk to Mr. Iohannis. Do you think that if I had an agreement with the president we would have stayed in this political crisis for two months? I find it aberrant."
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The Romanian Constitutional Court (CCR) has reinstated Traian Băsescu’s rights as a former president, granting him lifelong state benefits, including a monthly allowance, protocol residence, and permanent security. The court ruled unanimously that a 2001 law, which stripped former presidents of these privileges if found to have collaborated with the communist-era Securitate, is unconstitutional, Biziday.ro...
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The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Cluj-Napoca carried out multiple searches on Tuesday, July 1, at the Sibiu International Airport and the Sibiu County Council as part of an investigation into suspected fraud involving a EUR 54 million EU-funded infrastructure project. A total of 24 locations were searched across Bucharest, Brașov, and Sibiu county, […]
A Romanian taxi driver who scammed 90-year-old Nigerian Nobel Prize laureate Wole Soyinka was detained by police on Sunday, June 29, according to media reports. On Friday, June 27, the venerable Nigerian arrived at Bucharest's Otopeni Airport. He got into a taxi and asked to be taken to a hotel downtown. At the destination, the […]
