withdrawal

Romania’s Social Democrat Party (PSD) held its first top brass meeting since its leadership change on Wednesday, during which it decided to schedule a party congress in February 2020 and strip PSD Giurgiu leader Niculae Badalau of his offices, following his controversial remarks on Romanians abroad.

Romanians who contributed for at least five years to the mandatory private pension system known as Pillar II may choose to stop contributing, according to a norm issued by the country's financial watchdog ASF and published in the Official Journal.

Romanian social democrat and former labor minister Marian Sarbu announced Friday, after meeting with Social Democratic Party leader Victor Ponta, that he has left the party and will probably join the group of independent MPs.