National Liberal Party (PNL)

PM Orban: With exemplary mobilisation, we will be able to pass the budget as planned

In the debates in Parliament's joint plenary sitting today, the National Liberal Party (PNL) will endorse the national budget as passed by the government and the specialist committees, PNL national leader Ludovic Orban said on Monday, adding that he is convinced that the bill will pass as planned. "We have established the strategy for the budget.

PSD's Ciolacu tells PM Citu his 10 minute speech costs Romania 600,000 euros in loans

National chairman of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Marcel Ciolacu told a plenary sitting of the Chamber of Deputies on Monday that Prime Minister Citu borrowed 600,000 euros in 10 minutes he spoke during a Prime Minister's Question Time debate.      "Mr Prime Minister, you spoke for about 10 minutes.

PM Citu says to run for PNL office in due time, currently focused on budget affairs

Prime Minister Florin Citu said on Thursday that he would run for office inside the National Liberal Party (PNL) at the party's congress convention, but did not specify what office, adding that at the moment he was focusing on the national budget and "all in due course." "Right now I'm focusing on the budget; we need to have a budget.

Statutory committee to report on three bills repealing special state pensions

Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Ludovic Orban said on Tuesday that the bills repealing special state pensions of lawmakers initiated by the National Liberal Party (PNL), the Save Romania Union - Freedom, Unity and Solidarity Party (USR PLUS) and the Social Democratic Party (PSD) will be sent to the statutory committee for a report, and within one week they will be up for a plenary vote.

PM Citu: Many in the public square do not know how to read a budget or just want scandal

Prime Minister Florin Citu said on Monday that the budget appropriations for the Ministry of Health this year are higher than in the last two years, and that there are many people in the public square who "do not know how to read a budget "or "they just want to make a fuss." "It's not true and that shows that we have a lot of people in the public square who can't read a budget, it's also an exp

First meeting of new gov't - next week; PM designate: vaccination campaign is priority

The first formal meeting of the Citu Government is said to take place next week. Prime minister designate Florin Citu declared, on Tuesday night, after the National Liberal Party (PNL) validated the list of liberal ministers, that the priority is to carry out under the best conditions the anti-COVID vaccination campaign, which would start in Romania on December 27.

Florin Citu - PM-designate

President Klaus Iohannis designated, on Tuesday, Florin Citu as a candidate for the position of Prime Minister. Florin Citu is the proposal for Prime Minister of the coalition formed by the National Liberal Party (PNL), the Save Romania Union - Party of Liberty, Unity and Solidarity (USR PLUS), and the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR).

PNL's Orban - elected Chamber of Deputies Speaker

National Liberal Party (PNL) head Ludovic Orban on Monday night was elected Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies. He got 179 votes "in favour" and 110 "against." His counter-candidate, Social Democrat Alfred Simonis, got 110 votes "in favour" and 179 "against." AGERPRES (RO - author: Dana Piciu, editor: Andreea Rotaru, EN - author: Cristina Zaharia, editor: Adina Panaitescu)

Florin Citu, Prime Minister candidate proposed by PNL, USR PLUS, UDMR: It's a long-term government

Florin Citu, the proposal for Prime Minister candidate of the coalition formed by the National Liberal Party (PNL), Save Romania Union - Party of Liberty, Unity and Solidarity (PLUS) and the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR), said, on Monday evening, that the future governing programme is long-term and expressed hope that the new Executive will be invested until Christmas.

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