{"id":869630,"date":"2025-03-09T19:05:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T17:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/?p=869630"},"modified":"2025-03-09T18:52:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T16:52:26","slug":"march-9-2025-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/march-9-2025-update-id869630.html","title":{"rendered":"March 9, 2025 UPDATE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Elections.<\/strong> The former Liberal leader Crin Antonescu on Sunday also registered his candidacy for president with the Central Electoral Bureau. He is backed by the three parties in the ruling coalition, the Social Democratic Party, the National Liberal Party and the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania. The pro-Russian, anti-West extremist C\u0103lin Georgescu and Bucharest\u2019s general mayor Nicu\u015for Dan had registered on Friday. On Saturday, the Constitutional Court rejected for procedural reasons two motions against Georgescu\u2019s candidacy. Candidacies for the presidential elections of May 4<sup>th<\/sup> and 18<sup>th<\/sup> may be submitted by Saturday, 15<sup>th<\/sup> March. In December last year, the Constitutional Court annulled the entire process to elect the president on grounds that the election process had been corrupted in favour of the independent candidate C\u0103lin Georgescu.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Car scrapping.<\/strong> This year\u2019s edition of the car scrapping scheme has been published on the website of the environment ministry for public consultation. To scrap a used vehicle, the applicant benefits from an ecoticket worth around 1,400 euros in the case of a motorcycle, 2,000 euros in the case of a vehicle with thermal or hybrid engine, 2,600 euros in the case of a hybrid plug-in vehicle or electric motorcycle and 5,100 euros for an electric car. The specialist press notes that the amounts are the same as last year, when the value of the tickets decreased, leading to a drop in the number of registrations of electric cars. The Romanian Association of Car Makers and Importers said it disagreed with the new funding guidelines and especially the sums granted in the case of electric cars, arguing that this risks slowing the transition to electric cars even more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Environment.<\/strong> The Romanian Parliament\u2019s specialist committees will begin talks over the next few days with a view to drafting an environment code. The talks are to also be attended by officials from institutions with responsibilities in the field, business people, representatives of NGOs and academics. According to the authorities, although Romania has over 200 pieces of legislation in the field, it is faced with huge problems in terms of environment protection and needs legislation that can provide concrete solutions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>EU.<\/strong> The United States is still \u201can ally\u201d of the Europe, despite president Donald Trump\u2019s recent broadsides, the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen insisted on Sunday, adding that Europe must now boost its defence efforts, France Presse reports. Donald Trump recently threatened to impose tariffs on Europe, initiated a rapprochement to Russian president Vladimir Putin that Europe and Ukraine find worrying and questioned American protection of Europe as part of NATO. &#8220;We are allies, but this means that all allies have to take their responsibilities,&#8221; Ursula von der Leyen said. She welcomed the support given by EU heads of state and government for her ReArm Europe plan, which would mobilise up to 800 billion euros for investments in European defence, as requested by the US.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tennis.<\/strong> Romania\u2019s Jaqueline Cristian on Sunday reached the third round of the WTA 1000 tennis tournament in Indian Wells, the US, worth 9 million dollars in prize money. She defeated Canada\u2019s Leylah Fernandez in three sets. In the next round, Cristian will play Italy\u2019s Jasmine Paolini, seeded 6<sup>th<\/sup>. Another Romanian player, Sorana C\u00eerstea, lost in three sets to 10<sup>th<\/sup> seed Emma Navarro of the US.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elections. The former Liberal leader Crin Antonescu on Sunday also registered his candidacy for president with the Central Electoral Bureau. He is backed by the three parties in the ruling coalition, the Social Democratic Party, the National Liberal Party and the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania. 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