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Romanian Politician Mircea Ionescu Quintus Died Aged 100

19:26, 15 Sept. 2017
Romanian politician Mircea Ionescu Quintus died on Friday aged 100 in the city of Ploiesti, 60 kilometers north from capital Bucharest.

Romanian Liberals, Conservatives Approve Alliance With Social Democrats

14:02, 05 Feb. 2011
The leadership bodies of Romania’s opposition Liberal and Conservative parties on Saturday approved with a wide majority of votes the creation of an alliance with the Social Democratic Party.

Romanian Opp Liberals Challenge 2011 State Budget Law At Constitutional Court

18:13, 23 Dec. 2010
Romanian opposition liberal deputies challenged the state budget for 2011 with the Constitutional Court.

Romanian Opp Liberals To Challenge Consumer Loan Bill At Constitutional Court

10:09, 23 Dec. 2010
Romania’s opposition Liberal Party will notify the Constitutional Court Thursday on the government emergency decree on consumer loans, said liberal MP Eugen Nicolaescu.

Romanian Opp Liberals Decide To Attend Parliament Plenary Meetings Debating Key Bills

14:53, 29 Nov. 2010
The Romanian opposition Liberal Party decided Monday that liberal lawmakers will participate in all Parliament plenary meetings which will debate major public interest bills, such as the education bill, the unitary wage bill and the draft state budget law for 2011.

Romanian Opp Lawmakers Boycott Lower Chamber Works Again

11:48, 16 Nov. 2010
Romanian opposition social democrats and liberal lawmakers Tuesday left Chamber of Deputies plenary meeting again, protesting against Speaker Roberta Anastase.

Romanian Opp Liberals To Submit No-Conf Motion Over Public Sector Wage Law

13:31, 03 Nov. 2010
Romania’s opposition Liberal Party pledges to submit a no-confidence emotion if the Government seeks a confidence vote to adopt the IMF-required public sector wage law, liberal Eugen Nicolaescu said Wednesday.

Romanian Opp Liberals To Challenge Pension Bill At Constitutional Court

15:06, 21 Sept. 2010
Romania’s opposition Liberal Party said Tuesday it will challenge the country’s pension bill at the Constitutional Court, after the Chamber of Deputies rejected a proposition to retake the vote on the bill, amid fraud allegations raised by the opposition.

Romania’s Lower House To Debate Liberals’ Motion On Labor Wednesday

15:40, 14 Sept. 2010
Romania’s Chamber of Deputies will debate Wednesday the simple motion against the Labor Ministry submitted by the opposition Liberal Party, Chamber secretary Dumitru Pardau said Tuesday.

Romanian Opp Liberals To File Motion Against Labor Min Next Week, Motion On Health In Two Weeks

17:25, 07 Sept. 2010
Romania’ s opposition Liberal Party on Tuesday said the simple motion against the Labor Ministry will be submitted in the Chamber of Deputies next week and a motion on health will be submitted in about two weeks.

Romanian Opp Liberals To File Motion Against Labor Ministry Over Higher Taxes On Copyright Income

14:25, 06 Sept. 2010
Romania’s opposition Liberal Party will submit a simple motion against the measures recently taken by the Labor Ministry, which increase taxes for people who gain income from freelance activities, party head Crin Antonescu said Monday after the meeting of the party’s central political office.

Romanian Opposition Parties Team Up For New No-Confidence Motion Against Govt

15:27, 01 Sept. 2010
Romania’s opposition Liberal Party head Crin Antonescu said Wednesday, after a meeting with opposition social democrats, that the two parties will jointly submit a no-confidence motion against the Government, during the Parliament session this fall.

Romanian Opp Liberals To Meet IMF Officials For Talks On Anti-Crisis Measures

16:23, 02 Aug. 2010
Romanian opposition liberals will meet Tuesday with International Monetary Fund representatives for talks on the country’s economic situation, liberal vice-president Varujan Vosganian said Monday.

Romanian Liberals Submit Motion To Lower Chamber, Call For Transp Minister’s Resignation

14:54, 23 Iun. 2010
Romania’s opposition liberals on Wednesday submitted to the Chamber of Deputies a simple motion against democrat liberal Transport Minister Radu Berceanu, calling for his resignation.

Romanian Opposition Liberals Set To Submit Motion Against Transp Minister

13:36, 21 Iun. 2010
Romania’s opposition Liberal Party spokesperson Mihai Voicu on Monday said liberal lawmakers in the Chamber of Deputies are likely to submit Monday afternoon, in the Chamber’s plenary meeting, a simple motion against Transport Minister Radu Berceanu.

Romania’s Recently Adopted Austerity Plan Challenged With Constitutional Court

16:25, 16 Iun. 2010
Romanian Liberal Party Wednesday challenged with the Constitutional Court the Government’s two spending cut laws aimed to bring the country’s economy on track, in a move to prevent the enforcement of the drastic social measures they entail.

Romanian Liberals Might Call For Committee To Check Assigning Of EU Funds In Rural Areas

16:23, 12 Iun. 2010
Romanian liberal lawmaker Ciprian Dobre told a press conference Saturday that liberals on Monday might call on the Chamber of Deputies’ Standing Office to set up an inquiry committee to check the way European Union funds were assigned for projects in rural areas.

Romanian Opp Liberals Propose Two-Runoff Parliamentary Elections

13:28, 05 Iun. 2010
Romania’s opposition Liberal Party will propose that the country’s law regulating elections be amended so that the uninominal parliamentary elections in 2012 have two runoffs, as in the case of elections for mayor or county council president, liberal vice-president Teodor Atanasiu said Saturday.

Romanian Opp Liberals Willing To Rule Country If Govt Falls – Leader

10:33, 05 Iun. 2010
Romanian Liberal Party leader Crin Antonescu said liberals are willing to rule the country if the current Government is overthrown and no other party assumes such responsibility.

Romania Lower Chamber Rejects Liberals’ Simple Motion On Austerity Measures

14:32, 01 Iun. 2010
Romania’s Chamber of Deputies Tuesday rejected 143 to 130 votes and six abstentions the simple motion submitted by opposition liberals on the country’s recently announced austerity measures for which the Government will seek a confidence vote in Parliament.

Romanian Liberals Set To Uphold Any Upcoming No-Confidence Motions

17:39, 20 Mai 2010
Romania’s opposition Liberal Party PNL will vote in favor of the social democrats’ planned no-confidence motion, regardless of whether or not it will take part in drafting the motion, and it will also uphold any upcoming motions, liberal Ludovic Orban said Thursday.

Romanian Liberals Will Not Endorse President’s Austerity Plan In Parliament – Party Head

13:55, 10 Mai 2010
Romanian opposition liberal leader Crin Antonescu said Monday that his party will not endorse President Basescu’s austerity plan in Parliament and that if the President wants to combat corruption and bureaucracy, he and Prime Minister Emil Boc should resign.

Romanian Liberals Support Integrity Agency Law But Won’t Attend Talks With President

13:06, 26 Apr. 2010
Romanian opposition liberals will not participate in talks with President Traian Basescu until he assumes a mediator’s attitude, and will only attend emergency-related talks with him until then, Liberal Party leader Crin Antonescu said Monday.

Romanian PM Accuses Liberals Of Having Wasted Public Money

12:23, 20 Apr. 2010
Romanian democrat liberal leader and Prime Minister Emil Boc Tuesday accused the National Liberal Party of dissipating the money got by the state after selling its 36.8% stake in the county’s largest lender Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR) back in 2006.

Romanian Opposition Parties Set To File No-Confidence Motion Against Ruling Power

19:06, 19 Apr. 2010
Romanian opposition liberal and social democrat leaders Crin Antonescu and Victor Ponta, respectively, on Monday agreed on the need to submit a no-confidence motion against the country’s ruling power.

Romanian Liberals Submit Motion Targeting Healthcare System

13:34, 17 Mart. 2010
Romanian liberal lawmakers have submitted Wednesday with the Chamber of Deputies a simple motion targeting the country’s ailing healthcare system.

Romanian Social Democrats To Challenge Law Allowing Political Appointees At Decentralized Services

15:50, 02 Mart. 2010
Romania’s opposition Social Democratic Party will challenge the draft law on the Statute of Public Servants in the Constitutional Court, arguing the law allows political appointments at the helm of the country's decentralized state institutions, social democrat lawmaker Mircea Dusa said Tuesday.

Romanian Liberals To Initiate Two Motions Targeting Healthcare System, Business Environment

15:17, 02 Mart. 2010
Romanian liberal deputy Eugen Nicolaescu said Tuesday liberals will submit in two weeks a motion regarding the country’s healthcare system, adding another motion targeting the business environment will be submitted when the amendments to the Fiscal Code are presented.

Romanian Liberals Enter Opposition, Blast President’s Choice Of PM

14:08, 17 Dec. 2009
Romanian liberal head Crin Antonescu said Thursday democrat liberal leader Emil Boc is, as prime minister, "the poorest choice in the face of the crisis", adding the liberals will remain in opposition but the proposed Government will be instated quickly.

Romanian Liberals Refuse Democrat Liberal Leader’s Invitation To Talks On Parliament Majority

19:53, 09 Dec. 2009
Romanian liberals said Wednesday that in the absence of a Constitutional Court ruling on the validity of the presidential election's outcome and as long as the country has a prime minister-designate, no talks on forming a parliament majority can be held, as democrat liberals requested.

Romanian Liberal Leader Disclaims Resignation Rumor, Rejects Alliance With Democrats

14:59, 09 Dec. 2009
Romanian liberal leader Crin Antonescu said Wednesday, before the meeting of the party’s Central Standing Office, he will not resign from the headership of the party and liberals will not govern along democrat liberals, adding the prime minister position should not be offered, but gained.

Romania’s Hungarian Minority Party Wants Govt Majority, Stable Cabinet

13:15, 08 Dec. 2009
Romania's Hungarian minority party leader Marko Bela said Monday before the meeting of the party’s Standing Council that his political organization wants a government majority to support a stable Cabinet, adding he has no suggestions regarding the country’s prime minister.

Romanian President Says Country Needs Right-Wing Alliance, Liberals Oppose

10:55, 05 Dec. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu, running for reelection Sunday against social democrat Mircea Geoana, said Friday at a campaign rally the country needs a strong right-winged alliance of his democrats and liberals, who back Geoana in the race.

Romanian Social Democrats Expect Support From Liberals In Dec 6 Presidential Runoff

13:35, 23 Nov. 2009
Romanian social democrat leader and presidential candidate Mircea Geoana said Monday the social democrats believe in a majority created with the liberals, a majority already formed around prime minister nominee Klaus Johannis, which could function after December, with Johannis as prime minister.

Romanian Ex-PM Tariceanu Says Govt Coalition With Democrats Is Possible But Unlikely

16:25, 19 Nov. 2009
Romania’s former prime minister, liberal Calin Tariceanu, said Thursday that if President Traian Basescu obtains a new term there could be a government formed by democrat liberals and liberals, but the alliance is unlikely given the “sad” experience previously gained in such an alliance.

Romanian Liberals Continue To Back Independent Johannis For PM

21:01, 05 Nov. 2009
Romanian liberal head Crin Antonescu said Thursday the liberals continue to back Klaus Johannis for prime minister at least until September 2010, but a PDL-PNL government is out of the question.

Romanian Liberals Submit Proposition To Downsize Parliament To 316 Lawmakers

13:53, 22 Oct. 2009
Romania’s Liberal Party submitted a draft law to downsize the Parliament to just 316 lawmakers from the current 471, liberals Eugen Nicolaescu said Thursday, adding there is no need for a referendum to downsize the Parliament, but a mere legislative amendment.

Romanian Liberals Want Technocrat Govt With Independent PM

20:48, 13 Oct. 2009
Romanian liberal leader and presidential hopeful Crin Antonescu said Tuesday, after a meeting with the head of state, that a government of technocrats led by an independent prime minister could continue activity after the presidential elections, “as long as it gets the job done”.

Romanian Pres Fingers Social Democrats, Liberals, Magyar Union As Crisis-Starters

20:47, 13 Oct. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Tuesday that those who claim the need for political stability are the same ones who started the political crisis, namely those who resigned the Government “en masse” and filed the no-confidence motion that brought down the Government.

Romanian Liberals Submit No-Confidence Motion To Overthrow Democrat Liberal Minority Govt

15:31, 06 Oct. 2009
Romanian liberals, in opposition, submitted Tuesday at the Chamber of Deputies speaker’s office a no-confidence motion to overthrow the country’s all-democrat liberal government, which lacks parliament majority since social democrats switched to opposition.