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The EPP candidate for the Presidency of the European Commission, Manfred Weber, said on Thursday that the representatives of ruling parties in Romania are playing no part in their European-level parties. Here, in Romania, people can count on a strong party that is involved at European level.

Bucharest, May 4 /Agerpres/ - PMP senator Traian Basescu, the former president of Romania, said on Saturday that Premier Viorica Dancila would not be invited to attend the European Council Summit in Sibiu, taking into account the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty, but she can be invited to the reception and presented by President Klaus Iohannis, with a brief laudatio, to the other members of the

EU leaders are likely to meet at a summit in Brussels on May 28 - two days after the European Parliament elections to discuss candidacies for the next European Commission President - the executive body of the Union over the next 5 years. This was reported on Friday by officials quoted by Reuters.

National leaders of the European Union are likely to meet for a summit in Brussels on May 28, two days after a European Parliament election, to discuss who should run the EU executive for the next five years, officials said on Friday.

Hahn should talk to Thaci about the abolition of taxes on goods from Serbia, Tanjug learned from the European Commission.

During a one-day visit to Brussels, Thaci will also meet with European Council President Donald Tusk.

Romania's Social Democratic Party (PSD) says the announcement from the leader of the Party of European Socialists (PES) regarding PES freezing relations with PSD does not reflect "the overall position of the PES," adding that it is "looking forward" to finding out what issues worries PES.

AGERPRES special correspondent Florentina Peia reports: President Klaus Iohannis attended, Thursday through Friday, the European Council meeting in Brussels, context in which he underlined the very important results achieved so far by the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU.

Romania has constantly supported the need and importance of ensuring a high standard of living for citizens, on Wednesday said in Brussels the Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila, at the Tripartite Social Summit, an event that was centered on "For a stronger, united and forward-looking Europe", the website of Romania's Presidency of the EU Council reads.

Prime Minister Borissov and President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani will open exhibition space "Atanas Burov" in EP, reported NOVA TV. 

A summit meeting of local and regional leaders of the European People's Party (EPP), including over 150 mayors and regional leaders from Europe, as well as about 3,000 Romanian local officeholders will be held in Bucharest on Saturday, according to the National Liberal Party (PNL).