PLUS chairman Dacian Ciolos has reacted on Facebook to Frans Timmermans’ warning over triggering Article 7 against Romania, saying that replacing CVM „by a more drastic procedure” in Romania’s case would be the European Commission’s toughest action against the PSD ...
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Chairman of the Social Democrat Party (PSD) Liviu Dragnea has sent an ultimatum to the Justice Minister, Tudorel Toader for not drafting the emergency ordinances to amend the criminal codes, warning him he “cannot go on like this” announcing the ...
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France’s Embassy in Bucharest has posted on its Facebook page a joint statement on behalf of 12 countries, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and U.S., asking the Romanian authorities to abstain from any ...
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Romanian magistrates are resuming protests against justice law amendments. Prosecutor Alexandra Lăncrănjan announced on Facebook that magistrates will stage a new protest on the stairs of the Palace of Justice in Bucharest today, as of 6 p.m. against the government’s ...
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Some hundreds people staged an anti-corruption protest in Bucharest’s iconic square (Universitate Square) in front of the Bucharest National Theatre. Similar rallies were staged in Cluj-Napoca, Timisoara or Iasi. Protesters asked for the current Government’s resignation over the controversial amendments ...
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The main opposition parties in Parliament, PNL and USR, have filed a new simple motion against Justice Minister Tudorel Toader, this time in Senate, after the one rejected in the Chamber of Deputies the past weeks. The two parties ask ...
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President Klaus Iohannis has stated in Sinaia on Saturday that he had started to re-evaluate the idea of a referendum in order „to give back the vote to Romanians”, as this is the only way citizens can show they don’t ...
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Romania’s Prosecutor General, Augustin Lazar, has asked the Superior Council of Magistracy on Friday, to analyse the possibility of referring to the Constitutional Court the manner in which Dancila Government has amended the justice laws through emergency ordinance, namely through ...
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The Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) decided to continue the protest against GEO 7, with prosecutors wearing a white armlet until March 22. DIICOT asked the Ombudsman to notify the Constitutional Court over the amended GEO 7, ...
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A new protest against the Justice ministry’ s emergency ordinance to amend the justice laws has been staged in Victoriei Square, Bucharest on Sunday night. Thousands have shouted again their opposition to GEO 7, chanting: “Resignation!”, “Repeal and leave!”, “Justice, ...
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