Government. The
\nSocial Democrats and the Liberals may resume today negotiations on the
\nstructure and governing programme of the new Cabinet they intend to form
\njointly with the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians. While both parties agreed to the idea of a rotation government, Wednesday’s
\ntalks were suspended as each party insisted on being the first to designate the
\nprime minister. The Social Democrats nominated their president, Marcel Ciolacu,
\nwho promised his cabinet would be in office as early as next week. In turn, the
\nLiberals want their own leader and interim PM to stay in office, although he
\nwas dismissed last month in a no-confidence vote. Two subsequent attempts
\nat forming a minority government failed, and President Klaus Iohannis has said he will only invite parties to consultations
\nafter a parliamentary majority is agreed on. <\/p>\n
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COVID-19. Romania reported little over 3,000
\nnew COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours, as well as 332 related
\nfatalities, 76 of them from an earlier date. According to official data, 311 of
\nthe total number of deaths were reported among unvaccinated patients. More than
\n1,600 patients are currently in intensive care. The infection rate across the
\ncountry is dropping, but scores of cities still have incidence rates above 6
\nper 1,000 inhabitants. As of Wednesday Romania has over
\n7 million fully vaccinated citizens. <\/p>\n
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Vaccination. The
\ndigital COVID certificate and the vaccine are our main instruments in fighting
\nthe pandemic, and we must use them, the European Commissioner for internal
\nmarket Thierry Breton said while on an official visit to Bucharest. He
\nemphasised Europeans are rather lucky to have an effective vaccine against the
\nvirus available. The EU official also said the low vaccination rate jeopardises
\nRomanians’ health and is a barrier to the full recovery of Romania and of the
\nEU as a whole. During his meeting with the interim health minister Cseke
\nAttila, the 2 officials discussed the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, the vaccine
\nsupply and the measures taken by member states with respect to the digital
\ncertificate. Thierry Breton will also have a meeting with president Klaus Iohannis
\nlater today.<\/p>\n
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Pandemic. A new COVID-19 wave hit
\nthe centre and west of Europe, with nearly 53,000 new cases reported in 24
\nhours in Germany, 25,000 in Poland, 20,000 in France, 14,000 in Austria, 10,000
\nin Hungary. The Netherlands also announced a 44% increase this week compared to
\nthe previous one. Restrictions are once again introduced, especially against
\nthe unvaccinated, which prompts new interest in getting the vaccine. Sweden for
\nthe first time introduces a green pass to be used as of 1 December for events
\nwith more than 100 participants. France on the other hand does not plan new
\nrestrictions. <\/p>\n
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Moldova. Chi\u0219in\u0103u continues to call for the pull-out of
\nRussian troops from the east of Moldova, the country’s foreign minister Nicu
\nPopescu said in Moscow, at a joint press conference with his Russian
\ncounterpart Sergey Lavrov. This is a priority of our foreign
\npolicy, Popescu said, referring to the troops deployed in the breakaway region
\nof Transnistria, which Russia’s ex-president Boris Yeltsin undertook to pull
\nout as far back as in the 1999 OSCE Summit in Istanbul. The Republic of Moldova
\nhas had no control on the breakaway region of Transnistria since 1992, after an
\narmed conflict that killed hundreds of people was ended by the intervention of
\nRussian troops on the side of the separatists. (tr. A.M. Popescu)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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