President Klaus Iohannis on Monday declared a state of emergency
\non Monday. Shortly afterwards, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office, Ionel
\nDanca, said the measure helps take the best decisions to deal with the effects
\nof the coronovarius. The Romanian official pointed out the rights and liberties
\nof citizens will not be affected, and the Government will be able to adopt
\nswift measures to ensure the necessary supply of sanitary and medical
\nequipment. The decree is to be voted on Thursday in Parliament. <\/p>\n
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Interim
\nSocial-Democrat leader and Chamber of Deputies Speaker, Marcel Ciolacu, has
\ncalled on the Liberal Government to take action to provide financial support to
\ncompanies that have already sustained losses due to the coronavirus epidemic,
\nas well as to the population. Ciolacu said one option is to suspend the payment
\nof bank installments as well as capping the prices for utilities, gas, energy,
\ntelephone services, television and Internet services over a period of three up
\nto six months. The Social-Democratic Party wants the Government to pay up to
\n75% of technical unemployment for companies over an indefinite period of time,
\nrefunding VAT costs and paying any outstanding medical leave benefits. <\/p>\n
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The
\nPresident’s decision to call a state of emergency is good, but more
\nclarifications are needed, because for the time being people are panicking and
\ndon’t know what to expect, the leader of PLUS, MEP Dacian Ciolos said, adding
\nthat the measures taken by the European Commission, including the COVID-19
\nresponse investment initiative, is one such measure. The initiative employs
\nunused cohesion funds, and Romania can thus benefit from the over 3 billion
\neuros put at its disposal, Dacian Ciolos went on to say. Pundits say that the
\nnumber of recommendations and notifications submitted to the Government will
\nincrease over the coming days. Ludovic Orban’s Cabinet was sworn in on Saturday
\nafter being voted by senators and deputies on all sides of the political
\nspectrum, despite holding only 20% of seats in Parliament.<\/p>\n
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(Translated by V. Palcu)<\/p>\n
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