The Social Democratic Party (PSD) - National Liberal Party (PNL) Electoral Alliance obtained 48.57% of the votes in the European parliamentary elections, the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) - 14.93%, and the United Right Alliance Save Romania Union (USR) - People's Movement Party (PMP) - Forta Dreptei - 8.7%, according to the provisional results presented on Wednesday night by the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC).BEC spokeswoman, Anamaria Revnic-Calugarita, announced that, regarding the results for the election of members from Romania to the European Parliament, following the centralization of 99.95% of the total of 19,870 polling stations organized in the country and abroad, the degree of participation in voting was 52.41%, and the total number of valid votes cast was 8,935,988.According to the centralized data, the situation of the votes in the European parliamentary election is presented as follows:*The Electoral Alliance PSD PNL obtained 48.57% (4,339,771 votes);*AUR obtained 14.93% (1,334,177 votes);*The United Right Alliance USR-PMP-Forta Dreptei obtained 8.7% (777,519 votes);*The Hungarian Democratic Union from Romania UDMR obtained 6.48% (579,142 votes);*The S.O.S. Romania party obtained 5.03% (449,818 votes);*The Renew Romania's European project party obtained 3.74% (333,852 votes);*Stefanuta Nicolae-Bogdanel, independent candidate, obtained 3.08% (275,341 votes).The spokeswoman of the BEC specified that the votes were centralized for all 915 polling stations from abroad, the total number of valid votes cast being 210,410 of which:*The Electoral Alliance PSD PNL obtained 21.35% (44,925 votes);*USR-PMP-Forta Dretei United Right Alliance obtained 16.34% (34,373 votes);*AUR obtained 14.65% (30,830 votes);*The S.O.S. Romania party obtained 13.52% (28,457 votes);*The Renew Romania's European project party obtained 9.70% (20,418 votes);*The United Diaspora Party obtained 7.05% (14,827 votes);*Stefanuta Nicolae-Bogdanel, independent candidate obtained 5.90% (12,422 votes).
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 […]
