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PM Dancila, dispute with PLUS MEP Tudorache in the plenary session of the EP: Romania’s functionaries or diplomats did not carry out the presidency, it was headed by the Gov’t

July 17, 2019

The Romanian presidency of the EU Council was headed by the government, and it was not dignitaries or diplomats of Romania that carried out the tenure, Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said on Tuesday in a debate that assessed the Romanian presidency of the Council of the EU, organized at a...

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