The decisive meeting for the government proposed by Niculescu began: PNL attacks PSD ministers. What will AUR do?

Live Video&Text The decisive session for the government proposed by Niculescu has begun: PNL attacks PSD ministers. What will AUR do The hearings of the ministers proposed for the government led by Luca Niculescu have ended with positive opinions on the conveyor belt. The decisive vote for the appointment of the Niculescu Cabinet will follow the plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, scheduled for 2:00 PM. Digi24.ro transmits the main information and speeches of the day in this article. Your cookie settings do not allow the display of the content in this section. You can update the settings of the cookie modules directly from the browser or here – you need to accept social media cookies. Luca Niculescu's Speech UPDATE 2:05 Shortly, Luca Niculescu will deliver the speech in which he presents the government program. We provide here the main elements that result from Luca Niculescu's speech (please update the article constantly). Until then, however, at this moment, the parliamentarians approve the appointment of an interim president to the Audit Authority. The decisive session for the Niculescu Government has begun UPDATE 2:02 The decisive session for the Niculescu Government has begun, led by the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Sorin Grindeanu, and the President of the Senate, Mircea Abrudean. After the national anthem, Luca Niculescu's speech will follow. We will transmit his main statements. Out of 464 parliamentarians, 323 are present. Last minutes before the decisive session UPDATE 1:59 Before entering the room where the session will take place, Luca Niculescu transmitted that he is emotional. UPDATE 1:54 The parliamentarians begin to enter the room where the joint session of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate will take place. UPDATE 1:28 The ministers of Luca Niculescu's Cabinet gather, before the start of the decisive session, in Sorin Grindeanu's office, according to information transmitted by the Digi24 journalists present in Parliament. UPDATE 1:15 According to some Digi24 sources, at least 10 liberals will not vote for the appointment of the government led by Luca Niculescu. Even so, the threshold of at least 233 votes will be needed. Kelemen Hunor, about today's vote: I am not emotional UPDATE 1:02 In an intervention on Digi24, Kelemen Hunor spoke about the chances the government led by Luca Niculescu has to pass the Parliament's vote: "I am convinced that this government will pass, with the votes of the PSD, the liberals, ours, the national minorities, the group led by Victor Ponta. I am not emotional. Today, this evening, I am convinced that the government led by Luca Niculescu will take the oath (...) It is the only solution (...) It is the last option with which the Parliament will try to appoint a government. Whether it is a good solution or not, it is hard to say now." What will AUR do during the vote. Dungaciu: It's not our dance UPDATE 1:28 Dan Dungaciu, one of the AUR leaders, made an intervention on Digi24 in which he announced what the party will do during the decisive vote for Luca Niculescu's government "I said it from the beginning. AUR does not participate in committees, does not participate in voting, it will withdraw. It's not our dance (...) They are in the dance hall, some dance with others, they change couples between themselves, we are not even on the dance floor, we are somewhere around the room, we look at them and realize that for now it is not our historic moment, they dance, they form alliances, the most despicable ones, the most audacious ones (...) It's their dance, not our dance," declared Dan Dungaciu on Digi24. He also responded to the USR critics, who accused AUR of favoring PSD by the absence of parliamentarians at the ministers' hearings: "I feel ashamed to answer this question. They dance, we have no understanding with PSD, USR, PNL, UDMR. We can have political understandings for a motion of no-confidence. This government will not pass because AUR was absent from the committees." Attacks from PNL two hours before the decisive vote for the Niculescu Government UPDATE 1:20 Although the PNL parliamentarians should vote for the appointment of the Niculescu Government, the attacks from the liberals continue. The former prime minister appointed, the European Parliamentarian Siegfried Mureșan, believes that the hearings of the ministers proposed by PSD show that their level of competence is "very low". He also recalls two episodes from yesterday's hearings with Ștefan Radu Oprea (proposed for Defense) and Florin Barbu (proposed for Agriculture) in the foreground. "These ministers will represent Romania at the meetings of the Council of the European Union. Unfortunately, I expect that their results in defending the interests of Romania at the European level will be very weak. Fortunately, Romania has many European officials, career diplomats, and competent MEPs who will continue to defend the interests of our country in Europe, to compensate for the weak preparation of these ministers." "Romania deserves more than this government imposed by PSD (...) This must be the last government in which PSD imposes mediocrity, not competence, as a criterion for representing Romania at the ministerial level in Europe," wrote Siegfried Mureșan on Facebook. In parallel, several liberal parliamentarians have posted on Facebook attacking PSD, in one way or another. The hearings have ended. All ministers have received favorable opinions UPDATE 1:00 The hearing of Alexandru Rogobete has ended, he obtaining a favorable opinion for the position of Minister of Health. At this moment, the hearings of the ministers proposed for the Niculescu Government have reached their end. The decisive vote for the appointment of the government follows. The joint session of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate begins at 2:00 PM. Favorable opinion for Florin Manole UPDATE 1:30 Florin Manole obtained a favorable opinion following the hearing on Tuesday morning. At this moment, only one more hearing continues, that of the minister proposed for Health, Alexandru Rogobete. The last hearing of a proposed minister in the Niculescu Government has begun UPDATE 1:04 At this time is the last hearing within the parliamentary procedure for the appointment of the government led by Luca Niculescu. This is the hearing of the minister proposed for Health, Alexandru Rogobete. Your cookie settings do not allow the display of the content in this section. You can update the settings of the cookie modules directly from the browser or here – you need to accept social media cookies. In parallel, the hearing of Florin Manole for the position of Minister of Labor continues. Favorable opinion for Mihai Ghigiu. Manole's hearing begins UPDATE 10:31 And Mihai Ghigiu, proposed by PSD for the Ministry of Investments and European Projects, obtained a favorable opinion following the hearings. The parliamentarians applauded him at the end of the hearing. At this time, the hearing of the proposed minister for Labor, Florin Manole (PSD) begins. Your cookie settings do not allow the display of the content in this section. You can update the settings of the cookie modules directly from the browser or here – you need to accept social media cookies. Hearing of the independent proposed for MFA. Dan Neculăescu received a favorable opinion UPDATE 10:05 - 10:59 At 10:00 the hearing of the proposed minister for Foreign Affairs, Dan Neculăescu (independent, permanent representative of Romania to NATO) began. After approximately an hour, the hearing ended, and Dan Neculăescu obtained a favorable opinion with 36 votes "for", four "against" and five abstentions. Main statements of the proposed minister for MFA: - "USA discusses with those allies, and I believe it is an irreversible change, with those allies capable of investing in their security, to be leaders in their region, to have important security initiatives and not only that. We also have the task to become more innovative and more inventive. Visa Waiver remains a project, I will collaborate with the EU in this regard, but we must consider the US approach to migration." he said during the speech given at the beginning of the hearing. - "Every diplomat knows that they must support the integration of the Republic of Moldova into the EU. But this project is not only about extending stability, it is also a project of the soul. We have a community of culture, language, and we must act in this direction. We will present a list of joint projects with the Republic of Moldova and I want to see as many Romanian investments as possible in the Republic of Moldova." - "The diaspora is part of the Romanian nation and must be treated as such." - "NATO 3.0: 'NATO, during the Cold War, was NATO 1.0, which had the objective of collective defense against the USSR, under the coordination of the USA. After the fall of the Iron Curtain, we have NATO 2.0 which means crisis management and NATO intervention outside the Euro-Atlantic area. NATO 3.0 came 3 years ago, meaning a return to the collective defense of Europe, with a diminished role for the USA'." - "Lack of personnel at the MFA level: This is a problem and I fear that every minister came in this mandate saying it is a problem and left saying it is a problem. This is the first thing that concerns me." - "Western Balkans: We are in a triangle of fire: Ukraine, the Western Balkans, and Iran. The MFA has a strategy for Africa, but it may be time to make a strategy for the Western Balkans, which includes our economic interests. We have one of the largest military presences outside the country there. Why do we have it there if we do not benefit from it?" - "Union with the Republic of Moldova: The entry and integration of the Republic of Moldova into the European Union will help in this regard. It is a project that depends very much on the citizens of the two states." - "Black Sea: At this moment, the Black Sea is closed to NATO access, because the borders are closed. The only way we can increase defense against these incidents is through deep cooperation between Romania - Bulgaria - Turkey. This is the time for a zone of innovation, we must see, besides this essential cooperation, it is time to have other initiatives on the Black Sea." Your cookie settings do not allow the display of the content in this section. You can update the settings of the cookie modules directly from the browser or here – you need to accept social media cookies. Hurry to the hearing of the Minister of Justice. Radu Marinescu received a favorable opinion UPDATE 9:44-9:58 The parliamentarians are in a hurry to finish the ministers' hearings. At the Ministry of Justice, there was an intervention by a deputy while another parliamentarian, Ciprian Dobre (PNL), asked Radu Marinescu about the plagiarism accusations. "The question is, we have a commission for Labor. Ask the question, let's finish, don't be angry," was heard in the hall. Main statements of Radu Marinescu, during the answers: - "I was a voice in society that systematically condemned radicalization. I said that we must not operate in the paradigm of radicalization. I initiated a project to reduce the age of criminal responsibility." - "Plagiarism accusations: I absolutely fulfill all legal and ethical conditions to hold the position of Minister of Justice. I was head of promotion, so I have a university degree from a university in the hexagon of law faculties, I have a 30-year career in the profession, and I have exercised the mandate of Minister of Justice with dignity and with concrete results, regardless of political discourse. Judge my public reputation after the concrete exercise of legal professions that have an impact on the ministerial mandate. Regarding the academic accusation, it is a matter for research and will be clarified strictly from an academic perspective. I defended a doctoral thesis 20 years ago, according to the rigor of that time. To be accused now based on new criteria is something else entirely, but it does not intersect with the exercise of my mandate from a legal point of view." - "We pay very high rents for spaces that we try to take from all over the country for the judicial bodies. This project must be dynamized, it is a project for justice (about the Justice House project)." - "In my mandate, the DNA had the largest share of personnel. It is a reality. See what we have done for anti-corruption, not general discussions about captured justice. I will not plead for war, I will not plead for the rights of citizens." And Radu Marinescu was interrupted during the answers and was asked to hurry, because the schedule was set so that there would be 30 minutes between each commission, and the parliamentarians need to reach other hearings. Following the hearing, Radu Marinescu received a favorable opinion. Hearings of the ministers proposed for European Funds and Justice UPDATE 9:30 The first and second hearing of the day begins, that of the minister proposed for Investments and European Projects, Alexandru Ghigiu (PSD). UPDATE 9:07 The first hearing of the day begins, that of the minister proposed for Justice, Radu Marinescu (PSD): - "In all my professional activity, and in my previous mandate as Minister of Justice, I have given the utmost importance to responsibility. I continue to appreciate that in the exercise of the mandate of Minister of Justice, especially at this time, we must behave in a very balanced, very reasonable, professional, and open way to reforms necessary to improve the justice system," Marinescu stated at the beginning of the hearings.