National Union for the Progress of Romania

The new National Liberal Party (PNL, in opposition) would get the vote of 44.2 percent of Romanians should parliamentary elections be held next Sunday (up from 41.7 percent in Dec.

National Union for Romania's Progress (UNPR) Chairman Gabriel Oprea in Sinaia on Saturday said that the group he heads "fully" supports the Government headed by Victor Ponta as Prime Minister and Social Democratic Party (PSD) Chairman, saying that the Progressists are "serious people" who don't "knock down" the governments they are part of.

President Klaus Iohannis and the representatives of parliamentary parties have signed on Tuesday the national political agreement on increasing the financing of defence.

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The National Union for Romania's Progress (UNPR) president, Gabriel Oprea hailed on Monday the initiative by president Klaus Iohannis to sign an agreement with all parliamentary political parties on allotting the Romanian Army starting with 2017 a minimum 2 pct budget for the next 10 years.

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The consultations between President Klaus Iohannis and the parliamentary parties on defence funding have kicked off at the presidential Cotroceni Palace early on Monday.

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Chairman of the National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR), Vice Premier Gabriel Oprea, reiterated on Saturday in the mountain resort of Sinaia the need to have large fortunes taxed, voicing hopes that the 2016 budget will also include amounts from this source of revenues.

Premier Victor Ponta said on Friday, before the beginning of the sitting of the ruling coalition, that on Monday he would seek the vote of Parliament on the Government structure.

The new structure of the Government will be proposed to Parliament on December 15, Prime Minister Victor Ponta said on Monday.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Friday said that he could give up his mandate as chief of Government if the President-elect, Klaus Iohannis, guaranteed that he would appoint a prime minister from among the current ruling coalition made up of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) - the National Union for Romania's Progress (UNPR) - the Conservative Party (PC) - the Liberal Reformist Par

Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Tuesday asked the members of the Cabinet to draw up the draft budget for 2015 until the arrival of the delegation of the European Commission (EC), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) in Romania.