June 20, 2019 UPDATE

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Newsroom, 20.06.2019, 20:08

DRAFT According to Romania’s Prime Minister, Viorica Dancila, the
government is working on a draft amendment to the election legislation with a view
to improving the voting process so that Romanian citizens from the country and
abroad may be able to exercise this Constitutional right in as good conditions
as possible. The Prime Minister has also added the executive will carry on with
the investment programme as well as with activities related to Romania’s
presidency of the EU – a mandate, which is coming to an end and which has met all
its objectives as complex files have been dealt with and measures with a public
impact have been taken. According to Dancila the Romanian presidency of the EU
has drawn up and presented a reviewed version of the negotiation document for
the future EU budget. The executive is also focusing on the emergency ordinance
regulating the alternative transportation platforms such as Uber, Bolt and
Clever.

MEETING The Romanian presidency of the EU Council was very good, as
solutions to a large number of files were found during it, Romanian president
Klaus Iohannis said before the European Council’s meeting in Brussels on
Thursday. Iohannis went on to say the summit hosted by Sibiu, in central
Romania, on May 9th proved a very good opportunity for the adoption
of a series of healthy principles in the EU’s strategic agenda for the period
between 2019 and 2024. High on the agenda of the two-day summer summit in
Brussels are official appointments to
leading positions in the European institutions together with the future
multi-annual budget of the EU, measures aimed at fighting climate change,
foreign relations and the latest developments in the Brexit process. The
Romanian president is also to attend on Friday the EURO+ Summit in enlarged
format.

ATTORNEY Romania is one of
the most important partners for the United States in fighting transnational
crime, according to US Attorney General William Barr, who said that the
partnership has deep roots in a commitment to democratic values and the rule of
law. This posting on the State Department website comes after a visit made this
week by Mr. Barr to Bucharest. According to him, the visit he made to Bucharest
provided an opportunity to reaffirm the fact that the rule of law is durable
and that people and institutions have to be governed by just, transparent, and
equally applied laws. At the same time, he said he hoped that Romania would not
give up its fight against corruption. In Bucharest, the Attorney General was
received by President Klaus Iohannis, and held talks with PM Viorica Dancila
and Minister of Justice Ana Birchall.

FOOTBALL Romania’s youth
football team is preparing its Friday game against England as part of the Under
21 European Championship, which is taking place in Italy and San Marino. The
Romanian team started off on the right foot on Tuesday, crushing Croatia 4-1.
France defeated England 2-1. Romania is at its second such presence in a final
tournament, after the 1998 championship in Bucharest. The finals are scheduled
for June 30.