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Former prime minister facing criminal complaint for state of Romanian economy, budget deficit

July 4, 2025

Vlad Gheorghe, formerly a member of the reformist opposition party Save Romania Union (USR) and now leader of extra-parliamentary opposition party DREPT, announced on Thursday, July 3, that he has filed a criminal complaint against former prime minister Marcel Ciolacu "for lying about the state of the economy and budget deficit."

The complaint comes as the current centrist government unveiled tax...

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