PSD National Council

The ruling PSD (Social Democrat Party, ed. n.) leaders have reacted on Saturday night to the statements made by the president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker regarding to what degree Romania is ready to take over the presidency of the EU Council, asserting that actually the guilty for the stalemates among the state institutions is president Klaus Iohannis.

Rovana Plumb, Minister of Labour and chair of the Women's Organization of the Social Democrat Party (PSD) announced on Saturday her intention to candidate for the position of Chair of the National Council of her party.

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An extraordinary convention of the Congress of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) started on Friday in Alba Iulia due to validate the presidential bid of the party's national leader Victor Ponta, in the presence of over 1,000 delegates of PSD Alba branch. The convention was preceded by conferences of the PSD county branches.

The meeting of the National Council of the ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD), bringing together today, in Craiova, about 5,000 Social Democrats, began under the slogan "A strong Romania - change through to the end." PSD leader, Prime Minister Victor Ponta, will seek on this occasion the support of his party fellows for his presidential bid this fall.