Ascultă Radio România Actualitaţi Live

New Romanian Cabinet took the oath of office at the Cotroceni Palace

The Executive let by Mihai Tudose has taken the oath of office at the Cotroceni Palace

New Romanian Cabinet took the oath of office at the Cotroceni Palace

Articol de Radiojurnal, 30 Iunie 2017, 22:13

New Romanian Cabinet took the oath of office at the Cotroceni Palace

The Executive let by Mihai Tudose has taken the oath of office at the Cotroceni Palace. The ceremony took place after the new Government won a vote of confidence in the Parliament, with 275 MPs in favor and 102 against.

Mihai Tudose: Romania is in a good economic moment. We have economic growth, we have growth in industry, we have revenue growth, an increase in consumption. What we lack is a vigorous increase in investment and an increase in budget revenues.

Romania needs a government in a state of alert, worried about performance, and the new team will have to recover the delays, so that the objectives assumed in the governance program are respected, Prime Minister Mihai Tudose said in Parliament.

PSD President Liviu Dragnea said that the government program must be respected, regardless of political costs. That was the reason why the previous Grindeanu Government was changed, the Social Democrat leader said.

Liviu Dragnea: The majority decided to change the government, due to the fact that it moved away from the governing program, for which in fact this majority received the vote from the citizens. What was best? Lying that everything is going well or telling the truth, that there have been delays that risked endangering the entire governing program?

ALDE said it would support the Tudose Government, only if it is conditioned on the alliance's priorities. Deputy Varujan Vosganian said that ALDE would not support any change of the single tax rate in the sense of tax increases.

Varujan Vosganian: If there will be a discussion about redefining the single rate through tax rates below the current thresholds, we are willing to talk. But any change in the single tax rate in the sense of tax increases, no matter what we call this deviation from the single rate, will not find a partner in the ALDE.

A conditional vote was also given by UDMR, who hopes in an open dialogue on all the issues that will enter the decision making circuit.

UDMR President, Kelemen Hunor: This vote is not a blank check, I tell you right from the start. We will not be able to support the introduction of turnover tax and we should know what the solidarity tax is about. To me, neither the global income tax seems to be an initiative that would change something for the better.

PNL (from the opposition) voted against the government. MP Ben-Oni Ardelean criticized both the team and the governing program.

Ben-Oni Ardelean: PNL believes that you are destroying all of Romania at this pace. In a moment when the EU has some problems, but we have, thank God, openness to what partnership with the US means and the other partnerships that we have in progress, at the moment, you don’t do anything but to pulverize all the chances of Romania.

A vote against also came from the USR members. Deputy Cristian Seidler said that Romania needs another majority, as the current coalition is no longer legitimate.

Cristian Seidler: Mr. Mihai Tudose, along with your colleagues from PSD and ALDE, you have lost the legitimacy to lead Romania. There is no doubt that Romania needs another honest, competent and especially responsible majority.

The members from the national minority group had the freedom to vote as they pleased.

Group Leader, Varujan Pambuccian: We have no comments to make. It would be very ugly. And if it were, I do not know, so to speak, an absolutely personal impression it would be that I would look to my left, I would look to my right and the only thing I would think of would be the very old phrase "ex Nihilo, nihil fit".

PMP lawmakers did not attend the plenary session and did not vote.

At the end of the debates, Prime Minister Mihai Tudose said he would take into account the advice that has been given and that the new measures in the governing program would be discussed with all the partners.

Source:RRA.Translated by Miruna Matei

17 banks participate in this year's edition of the New Home programme
News in English 28 Martie 2024, 18:57

17 banks participate in this year's edition of the New Home programme

Three more banks are participating in this year's edition of the New Home programme to support home purchases, bringing...

17 banks participate in this year's edition of the New Home programme
Final preparations before Romania's entry into the Schengen area with sea and air borders
News in English 28 Martie 2024, 18:55

Final preparations before Romania's entry into the Schengen area with sea and air borders

Final preparations are being made ahead of Sunday, the first day when there will be no border controls at the 17 airports and...

Final preparations before Romania's entry into the Schengen area with sea and air borders
The budget deficit reached, after the first two months of the year, almost 29 billion lei
News in English 28 Martie 2024, 18:53

The budget deficit reached, after the first two months of the year, almost 29 billion lei

After the first two months of the year, the budget deficit reached almost 29 billion lei, representing 1.67% of GDP. This is...

The budget deficit reached, after the first two months of the year, almost 29 billion lei
The draft law on the social assistance reform was adopted by the Chamber of Deputies
News in English 27 Martie 2024, 03:02

The draft law on the social assistance reform was adopted by the Chamber of Deputies

The draft law on the social assistance reform has been adopted decisionally by the Chamber of Deputies. The bill was drafted...

The draft law on the social assistance reform was adopted by the Chamber of Deputies
Ceremony marking the 200th anniversary of the Romanian Police
News in English 26 Martie 2024, 01:19

Ceremony marking the 200th anniversary of the Romanian Police

The Romanian police needs to invest in modernisation and logistics, but also to constantly adapt legislation to the evolution...

Ceremony marking the 200th anniversary of the Romanian Police
National Institute of Administration opens new courses for public administration employees
News in English 26 Martie 2024, 01:17

National Institute of Administration opens new courses for public administration employees

The National Institute of Administration is coming this year with a new course for public administration employees. They deal...

National Institute of Administration opens new courses for public administration employees
The names of the joint candidates with which PSD and PNL will participate in the local elections on June 9 "will be decided on Monday"
News in English 24 Martie 2024, 21:33

The names of the joint candidates with which PSD and PNL will participate in the local elections on June 9 "will be decided on Monday"

The names of the joint candidates with which PSD and PNL will participate in the local elections on June 9 will be decided on...

The names of the joint candidates with which PSD and PNL will participate in the local elections on June 9 "will be decided on Monday"
"By the end of the year" Cluj will supply water to Salaj
News in English 24 Martie 2024, 21:32

"By the end of the year" Cluj will supply water to Salaj

Romania's longest water main is nearing completion. It will carry water from Cluj to Salaj. The pipeline is a...

"By the end of the year" Cluj will supply water to Salaj