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The National Liberal Party, PNL, Romania's biggest opposition party, elected Alina Gorghiu as its new leader on Thursday, replacing Klaus Iohannis, who resigned as head of the PNL to become President of Romania.

She won 48 votes in an internal meeting of party leaders. Her main opponent, a former Transport Minister, Ludovic Orban, got 28 votes.

Incumbent Prime Minister Victor Ponta, running for president with the support of the alliance made up with his Social Democrat Party (PSD) - National Union for Romania's Progress - Conservative Party, says many liberals have joined the leader of the new Reformist Liberal Party (PLR) Calin Popescu-Tariceanu.

Mayor Stefan, of the opposition Democratic Liberal Party, PDL, was remanded in custody for 30 days on Monday for allegedly receiving bribes of 3 million euro in a case involving the lease of Microsoft IT licenses for schools.

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Macovei, 55, on Tuesday resigned from the opposition Liberal Democrat Party, PDL, and announced that she will run as an independent candidate in November's presidential elections.

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The government will issue an emergency ordinance on Thursday that allows elected local officials opting within 45 days for another party, without thus losing the places they won, Prime Minister Victor Ponta.

President Traian Basescu on Wednesday signed a decree appointing Social Democrat Darius Valcov as minister-delegate for budget. On Aug. 19, 2014, Prime Minister Victor Ponta confirmed having submitted to President Basescu his proposal for the appointment of Darius Valcov as minister-delegate for budget.

The candidate of the Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL, made up of National Liberal Party PNL and Democratic Liberal Party PDL) Klaus Iohannis announced on Monday night the start of his pre-campaign for Romania's presidency, with collection of the mandatory signatures of voters to allow him running.

Romania’s centre-right National Liberal Party, PNL, and the Democratic Liberal Party, PDL, on Saturday unanimously voted to combine their forces in order to create a party capable of taking on Prime Minister Victor Ponta's ruling centre-left coalition.

The executive board of the opposition centre-right National Liberal Party, PNL, on Monday said Klaus Iohannis would run for the party in the presidential elections in early November.

Leaders of the opposition National Liberal Party, PNL, and the Democratic Liberal Party, PDL, have pledged to hold a joint congress on July 26 at which their planned merger will be approved.