ADMISSION Romania’s constitutional Court (CCR) on Wednesday partially admitted a
\ngovernment notification, which signaled a legal conflict of constitutional
\nnature as the country’s right-wing president Klaus Iohannis refused to appoint
\nthe interim ministers proposed by the Social-Democratic Prime Minister Viorica
\nDancila after their partner, ALDE, had left the ruling coalition last month. The
\ncourt has also ruled that the president had to sign a decree on the resignation
\nof Justice Minister Ana Birchall as part of a government reshuffle decided by
\nthe Social Democratic Party (PSD). According to the court, it is the Prime
\nMinister’s prerogatives to sack ministers and appoint interim substitutes but
\nthe president must sign the decrees in this respect. In another development,
\naccording to the court, Prime Minister Dancila must appear before Parliament
\nfor a confidence vote for the government team after ALDE’s withdrawal from the
\nruling coalition, which altered the political structure of the Executive. Shortly
\nafter the Constitutional Court decision, Prime Minister Dancila said the
\npresident committed an abuse violating the Constitution with cynicism and carelessness
\ncausing a government crisis. Dancila went on to say that she would go to
\nParliament with a new list of ministers and would unflinchingly ask a
\nconfidence vote for the fresh cabinet. In turn, president Iohannis has said in
\na press release that he will make his decisions on applying the Constitutional
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COOPERATION The Romanian-Polish cooperation developed through a
\nstrategic partnership, which is strong, viable and future-oriented, Romanian
\nPrime Minister Viorica Dancila said in Bucharest on Wednesday in a joint
\nstatement with her Polish counterpart Mateusz Morawiecki. The Romanian capital
\ncity hosted the second round of bilateral inter-governmental talks after the
\none in Warsaw, last year. The present round of talks took place against the
\nbackground of celebrating a decade of strategic partnership, three decades of
\ndemocracy and a century of diplomatic relations. The progress made in the
\ncooperation between the two countries was being assessed, and new objectives
\nwere set during the talks. Several memorandums of understanding were signed for
\ninfrastructure, transport, energy, communication and digitization,
\nentrepreneurship, the management of EU funds and cooperation between the police
\nacademies of the two countries. The Polish Prime Minister was also received by
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BILL A bill on the taxation of
\nspecial pension benefits, introduced by the Finance Minister Eugen Teodorovici,
\nwas passed by the Senate on Wednesday after being approved by the budget
\ncommittee on Tuesday. The document concerns a 30% tax rate of special pensions
\nranging between approx. 1,480 euro and 2,115 euro, and a 50% tax rate on pensions above
\nthis threshold.Senators also decided that country presidents’ emoluments in excess of
\nroughly 1,480 euro should be subject to taxation. The bill is going to be sent
\nto the Chamber of Deputies, the decision making body in this respect. <\/p>\n
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