The government political agreement between the National Liberal Party (PNL) - Social Democratic Party (PSD) - Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) and the parliamentary group of national minorities, signed on Thursday, stipulates the National Coalition for Romania's functioning principles, led in the first stage by Nicolae Ciuca, but also the principles of cooperation, at parliamentary level, among the signatory parties.According to the document, the prime minister on behalf of the PNL will have a mandate until May 25, 2023, and then he will be followed by the prime minister on behalf of the PSD, until the 2024 elections.The agreement signed by the four leaders mentions that the health crisis generated by the COVID-19 pandemic has had unprecedented economic and social effects. In addition to this, there is also a major energy crisis and "a long-term one, with serious economic and social implications", and the successive years of climate instability that have a significant negative effect on quality of life."In order to manage and overcome them, it is necessary to establish, without delay, a solid parliamentary majority and invest a government supported by it. Only in this way will it be possible to implement, quickly, the solutions to solve these problems facing Romania today," reads the document.The agreement envisages the need to ensure "efficient government and the existence of broad parliamentary support in the 2021-2024 period".Thus, the signatory parties agree on the formation of the National Coalition for Romania - governing coalition for the 2021 - 2024 period.The Coalition's decisions are made through consensus, the Agreement stipulates. The Coalition's decisions are public, and the debates under the decision-making mechanisms of the coalition are confidential until the decisions are adopted," the document shows.The political agreement for the establishment of the National Coalition for Romania is valid during the parliamentary term 2021-2024 and enters into force at the time of signing. Amendments to the agreement are debated, negotiated and agreed upon between the signatory parties, being decided by consensus.The document was signed on Thursday by PSD Chairman Marcel Ciolacu, PNL Chairman Florin Citu, UDMR leader Kelemen Hunor, and the leader of the parliamentary group of national minorities, Varujan Pambuccian.
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Călin Georgescu, the far-right, Russia-friendly politician who surprisingly emerged as the first-round winner of last year’s presidential elections, will remain under judicial supervision after the District 1 Court in Bucharest rejected his appeal against the prosecutors’ decision to extend the preventive measure,
The mayor of Timișoara, Dominic Fritz, will be the new leader of the Save Romania Union party, or USR, after he received 67.2% of the votes in an internal race. The vote for the new party president was conducted online and started Wednesday at 10 AM and ended Friday at noon. A total of 10,914 […]
The Sports Barometer in Romania, a study conducted by IRES and presented on Thursday, June 12, during the Sports Festival, reveals that 32% of Romanians do not engage in any type of physical activity, and that as age increases motivation drastically decreases. According to the study, 28% of Romanians are super-active and do a form […]
The Romanian-American University has officially launched the country’s first Department of Latin American Studies (DSLA), marking a significant step in its internationalization efforts. The inauguration brought together official representatives from eight Latin American countries - Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay - underlining the strong diplomatic support for deepening educational and cultural […]
Romanian president Nicușor Dan laid wreaths on Friday, June 13, at the Monument dedicated to the memory of the victims of the June 13–15, 1990 Mineriad and at the “Kilometer Zero of Democracy” Monument. The violent events of June 1990 remain in post-communist memory as the “June 13–15, 1990 Mineriad” and refer to the repression, […]
