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Seven magistrates, members of the Superior Council of Magistracy, have asked the CSM plenary council and president Lia Savonea to notify the Constitutional Court following the taping released in mass media, when PM Viorica Dancila is…

Justice Minister Ana Birchall and the Head of the Superior Council of Magistracy, Lia Savonea have embarked on a row over justice control. After CSM Head Lia Savonea had notified the Constitutional Court over a constitutional conflict…

PM Viorica Dăncilă has sent a letter to President Klaus Iohannis proposing new names as interim ministers. The incumbent minister of Development, Daniel Suciu is proposed interim Justice minister, Research minister Nicolae Hurduc as…

The Constitutional Court has partially upheld the constitutional conflict claimed by PM Viorica Dancila after President Iohannis had denied to appoint the proposed interim ministers. Therefore, President Iohannis will be compelled by CCR…

Former FM Teodor Melescanu has won the Senate Speaker seat during the plenary session on Tuesday evening, vacant after Calin Popescu Tariceanu's resignation last week. However, an ALDE member, Melescanu has been endorsed for the Senate's…

Judges of the Romanian Constitutional Court (CCR) have ruled on Monday that amendments operated on the Criminal Codes (Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code) are unconstitutional, practically admitting the constitutional challenges…

President Klaus Iohannis has retorted to the recent Constitutional Court's ruling that rejected initiatives to amend the Constitution through which amnesty and pardon for corruption deeds should be banned, arguing that the question asked at…

Chairman of the National Liberal Party (PNL), Ludovic Orban has announced on Monday that the draft law amending the Constitution would go on in Parliament without the provisions the Constitutional Court has declared unconstitutional. Orban…

The Constitutional Court has rejected on Thursday both legislative initiatives to review the Constitution, filed by the Opposition (PNL-USR) and by the PSD-ALDE ruling coalition. The CCR unanimously decided that amnesty and pardon for…

The magistrates' service pension is a component of the justice independence, and if they are affected, the Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) will notify the international bodies and the Constitutional Court in regard to a constitutional…