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Romanian Lawmakers Meet To Analyze No-Confidence Motion To Oust Govt

14:11, 06 Oct. 2009
Romanian Senate Chairman Mircea Geoana announced Tuesday the two chambers of Parliament meet to discuss the no-confidence motion to oust the all-democrat liberal Government, adding he is confident the motion will be submitted in the Parliament today.

Romanian Liberals To File No-Confidence Motion Against An All PDL Govt

14:11, 01 Oct. 2009
Romanian liberal leader Crin Antonescu said Thursday the liberals will follow the manner in which interim ministers are appointed and their views will “probably be expressed in a no-confidence motion” since “the Government lacks Parliament majority”.

Romanian Liberals Call For Transp Min Resignation Over Messy Situation In The Sector

18:42, 28 Sept. 2009
Romanian liberal deputies decided to publicly call for the resignation of democrat liberal Transport Minister Radu Berceanu over the messy situation in the country’s transport sector.

Liberals Want Fewer Lawmakers, Endorse Romania’s Bicameral Parliament

17:22, 28 Sept. 2009
Romanian liberals, in opposition, on Monday said they would not back the referendum on the introduction of a single-chamber Parliament, as proposed by President Traian Basescu, arguing they will come up with a legislative proposition meant to cut back on the number of lawmakers to 275-250.

Romanian Opposition Calls On Govt To Resign Over Failure To Organize Elections

15:43, 28 Sept. 2009
Romanian liberals, in opposition, on Monday called for the resignation of the country’s center-left coalition government and the creation of a government of technocrats to ensure a fair presidential election, Liberal Party leader Crin Antonescu said Monday.

Romanian Liberals Challenge Constitutionality Of Unitary Pay Law

15:11, 26 Sept. 2009
Romanian liberal lawmakers, in opposition, submitted Saturday a challenge to the Constitutional Court on the unitary pay law for which the government took responsibility in Parliament on September 15.

Romanian Liberals To Challenge Govt’s Law Packs In Constitutional Court

17:27, 14 Sept. 2009
Romanian liberal MPs found unconstitutional elements in the three draft laws for which the government intends to take responsibility, and a group coordinated by liberal Teodor Melescanu will formulate the challenge.

Romanian Democrat Liberals Propose 37 Anti-Crisis Measures

17:58, 16 Aug. 2009
Romanian economy minister Adriean Videanu presented Sunday in a press conference the anti-crisis measures proposed by his party, such as the widening of de minimis aid for small and medium sized companies (SMEs), adding 37 measures have been found and will be discussed in the Government coalition.

Romanian Liberals To Present New Law Pack On Education, September 1

15:23, 11 Aug. 2009
Romanian National Liberal Party will present in Parliament on September 1, at the beginning of the parliamentary session, its own law pack on education, which was rejected in March, Horea Uireanu, liberal vice-president in the Chamber of Deputies, said Tuesday.

Romanian Liberals Frown On Govt Taking Responsibility For Laws On Wages, Education, Pensions

15:53, 10 Aug. 2009
Romania’s opposition Liberal Party (PNL) disagrees with the government taking responsibility for the laws on pensions, education and unitary pay in the public sector, the party vice-president Ludovic Orban said Monday.

Romanian Tourism Min Says Parliament Should Investigate All Former Liberal Ministers

13:12, 23 Iul. 2009
Romanian tourism minister Elena Udrea said she thinks the Parliament should set up inquiry committees for all the liberal ministers of the country’s former government, to check how they spent public money.

Romanian Liberals To File No-Confidence Motion Against Govt Activity

17:46, 21 Iun. 2009
Romanian National Liberal Party president Crin Antonescu said Sunday in a press conference that the liberals will file a no-confidence motion after the Government took responsibility for the legal codes, adding the document will refer to the Government’s entire activity.

Romanian Constitutional Court Ruling On Defense Council May Favor Liberals – Sources

17:15, 07 Iun. 2009
Romania’s Constitutional Court may rule on June 17 that the decree granting the Senate chairman the statute of vice-president of the country’s Supreme Defense Council is unconstitutional, sources within the liberal Party, which challenged the decree, said Sunday.

Romanian PM Blasts Former Liberal Govt Over Country’s Ailing Economy

11:25, 13 Mai 2009
Romanian Premier Emil Boc said Wednesday in the plenary Parliament meeting on the no-confidence motion "The great PDL-PSD hoax" that the European Commission’s decision to launch excessive budget deficit procedure against Romania represents the actual no-confidence motion.

Romanian Opposition’s No-Confidence Motion To Be Debated Monday

16:12, 05 Mai 2009
The no-confidence motion "The great PDL-PSD hoax" will be presented Monday in a plenary Parliament meeting and it will be debated and voted Wednesday, according to a decision rendered by the leaders of the two chambers of Parliament.

Romanian Liberals To Challenge Senate Head’s CSAT Vice Presidency

14:25, 05 Mai 2009
The Romanian National Liberal Party will challenge, at the Constitutional Court, Government Emergency Ordinance 224 allowing Senate president Mircea Geoana to become vice president of the High Council for National Defense, said liberal MP George Scutaru.

The Liberal Govt Spent All The Money, Left Us Penniless – Romanian PM

19:03, 16 Apr. 2009
The liberals have spent EUR4 billion in the last quarter of governing, money that could have covered the budget deficit in 2009 without loans from the European Commission, and have depleted the funds obtained from the sale of BCR, but they are still the ones to comment, said prime minister Emil Boc.

Romanian Liberals To Call For No-confidence Vote Over Budget Revision

15:07, 14 Apr. 2009
The president of Romania’s opposition Liberal Party, Crin Antonescu, said Tuesday that liberals decided in the execute council meeting to call for a no-confidence vote in Parliament against the government over the budget revision it operated over the weekend.

Romanian Liberals Call For No-Confidence Vote If Govt Takes Responsibility For Civil, Criminal Codes

15:29, 30 Mart. 2009
The standing office of Romania’s Liberal Party, in opposition, decided unanimously Monday to recommend liberal lawmakers to call for a no-confidence vote in Parliament if the government takes responsibility for the Criminal Code, Civil Code and their respective procedure codes and they become law.

Romanian Liberals Threaten No-Confidence Vote If Govt Takes Responsibility For Civil, Criminal Codes

16:46, 25 Mart. 2009
Romanian liberals, in opposition, threaten to initiate a no-confidence vote in Parliament if the government takes responsibility for the Criminal Code, Civil Code and their respective procedure codes and they become law, liberal lawmaker Eugen Nicolaescu said Wednesday.

Romanian Liberals To Submit Simple Motion On Education

13:02, 16 Mart. 2009
The leaders of Romania’s National Liberal Party (PNL) decided Monday that liberal deputies would initiate and submit to the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday a simple motion on education, following recent decisions made by education minister Ecaterina Andronescu, which displeased the liberals.

Romanian Liberals Won’t Challenge State Budget Law At Constitutional Court

14:07, 23 Feb. 2009
Romanian opposition leader, Liberal Party head Calin Tariceanu, said Monday after a party meeting that liberals won’t contest the state budget law at the Constitutional Court because that would delay its execution.

Liberals Orban, Antonescu To Run For Party President

15:14, 18 Feb. 2009
Romanian Liberal Party spokesman Bogdan Olteanu said Wednesday after the party’s standing delegation meeting that party vice-presidents Ludovic Orban and Crin Antonescu announced they would run for party president.

Romanian Liberals To Hold Congress On March 20-21

18:46, 04 Feb. 2009
The Standing Delegation within the Romanian National Liberal Party decided Wednesday, with a wide majority of votes, to call an extraordinary party congress on March 20-21, said party president Calin Tarceanu.

Romania’s Chamber Of Deputies OKs Its ’09 Budget

11:14, 04 Feb. 2009
Romania’s Chamber of Deputies approved Wednesday, with 134 votes in favor, 3 votes against and 3 abstentions this year’s draft budget for the Chamber, but liberals said they will contest the vote citing lack of quorum.

Romanian Liberals Must Nominate Presidential Candidate Soon – Party VP

20:07, 31 Ian. 2009
Romania liberal leaders agree that they need to nominate a presidential candidate as soon as possible, liberal vice-president Ludovic Orban said in a press conference Saturday, adding talk of a potential candidacy on his part is premature.

Romania’s Former PM Rebukes Ruling Coalition Over Empty Electoral Promises

20:27, 18 Ian. 2009
Romania’s former Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu, head of the opposition Liberal Party (PNL), on Sunday said the democrat liberal and social democrat members of the country’s ruling coalition made a series of lofty electoral promises, which they obviously cannot keep.

Romanian Liberal MPs Pick Parliament Group Leaders

15:05, 15 Dec. 2008
The head of Romania’s National Liberal Party Calin Tariceanu was elected Monday leader of the liberal group in the Chamber of Deputies, with 41 votes in favor, while Puiu Hasotti became the Senate liberal group leader.

Romanian Pres Attends Democrat Liberal Informal Meeting

14:31, 13 Dec. 2008
Romanian president Traian Basescu arrived Saturday at the Diplomats’ Club, where an informal meeting of the Democratic Liberal Party is taking place regarding the state of negotiations with the social democrats and the Democratic Union of Magyars in Romania and the format of the next government.

Romanian Designated PM Says Negotiations Btw His Party, Liberals Are Over

12:45, 12 Dec. 2008
Romanian democrat liberal vice-president Theodor Stolojan, whom President Traian Basescu recently appointed Prime Minister, on Friday dismissed rumors alleging the liberals and democrat liberals held political negotiations, stressing talks to include liberals in the future government are over.

Romanian Democrat Liberals Ponder Parliamentary Partnership With Liberals – Sources

11:23, 12 Dec. 2008
Romanian liberals and the democrat-liberals have recently talked about a potential parliamentary collaboration and about supporting a potential minority government formed of the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) and the Hungarian minority party (UDMR), which might be created due to incongruities between the democrat liberals and the social democrats, liberal sources told MEDIAFAX.

The Romanian Liberals Are Not Officially In Opposition – Head

18:55, 08 Dec. 2008
Romanian liberal head Calin Tariceanu, said Monday at the end of the party’s Central Political Office meeting that the liberals are not officially in opposition, and they have the same position as last week. He added the party can choose to make “major concessions” or go to opposition.

Romanian PM Says Liberals’ Action Plan Can Only Be Achieved With Liberal PM

13:41, 05 Dec. 2008
Romania’s Liberal Party leader, prime minister Calin Tariceanu said Friday after consultations with the head of state that he handed the latter the liberals’ action plan in the economic sector, that can only be achieved with a liberal prime minister.

Liberals To Negotiate With Parties Closest To Its Program – Official

16:29, 02 Dec. 2008
Romania’s transport minister and vice-president of the Liberal Party, Ludovic Orban, said Tuesday liberals will negotiate with the party that offers the most guarantees and their main conditions are related to the governing program and the prime minister position.

Romanian Liberals Might Find Opposition Therapeutic – Official

16:23, 02 Dec. 2008
Romanian liberal deputy president Puiu Hasotti on Tuesday said the liberals might find it therapeutic to stay in opposition after four years of ruling, but that the country should continue managing the economic crisis under the leadership of Premier Calin Popescu Tariceanu.

Romanian Liberals Ready To Be In Opposition If Tariceanu Isn’t PM – Official

13:54, 02 Dec. 2008
Romanian liberals’ campaign manager Bogdan Oltean said Tuesday that the Liberal Party, which came in third in the parliamentary polls Sunday, continues to back the idea of a government headed by Calin Tariceanu and will not hesitate to be in opposition otherwise.

Liberals And Romania Grew Together – PM

21:27, 30 Nov. 2008
Romania’s Liberal Party leader, Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu, said Sunday after exit polls showed the party third among voters’ preferences with about 20%, that the party had 7% eight years ago and grew along with the country.

Romanian Liberals Discuss Teacher Salary Hike Law Countermeasures

19:35, 27 Oct. 2008
The prorogation of the teacher wage law for several months, through Emergency Government Ordinance, but also taking responsibility in Parliament for a new salary hike law were options considered Monday by liberal leaders in reply to the promulgation of the teacher salary hike law.

Romanian Liberal Leaders Reunite To Talk Teacher Salary Hike Aftermath

19:36, 24 Oct. 2008
Romanian liberal leaders and ministers will reunite, Friday evening, in a meeting with the party president, Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu, to discuss the situation created when the head of state promulgated the law increasing teacher salaries by 50%.

Romanian Democrat Liberals To Widen Their Governing Agenda

14:33, 27 Sept. 2008
The democrat liberal nominee for the position of prime minister, Theodor Stolojan, said Saturday that the party would have to include in the governing agenda elements from the presentation made by president Traian Basescu.