The German MEP, Manfred Weber (CSU – Christlich Soziale Union) was re-elected on Wednesday as chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament with a crushing majority, according to the group site. Re-elected for the fourth time, Weber chairs the largest political group in the European Parliament since 2014. At the same time, the EPP Group has renewed the whole leadership team which includes ten vice-chaimen, also elected on Wednesday. Among those there is Siegfried Muresan (PNL) who was re-elected.The other nine Vice-Presidents are François-Xavier Bellamy (France, Les Républicains), Andrzej Halicki (Poland, Platforma Obywatelska), Jeroen Lenaers (Netherlands, Christen Democratisch Appel), Dolors Montserrat (Spain, Partido Popular), Lidia Pereira (Portugal, Partido Social Democrata), Massimiliano Salini (Italy, Forza Italia), Tomas Tobe (Sweden, Moderaterna)Romana Tomc (Slovenia, Slovenska demokratska stranka), Zeljana Zovko (Croatia, Hrvatska demokratska zajednica). Following the European Parliament elections on 9 June, the EPP Group remains the largest political group in the European Parliament with 190 MEPs. The group has 11 MEPs from Romania out of a total of 33 who represent the country in the EU legislature.
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 […]
