Romanian Parliament gives green light to setting up ministry of European affairs

Romania’s Parliament unanimously voted in favor of setting up a ministry for European affairs run by presidential adviser and former EU Commissioner for Multilingualism Leonard Orban.

Opposition MPs did not attend the meeting.

Prime Minister Emil Boc explained that the new ministry will bring an additional push to absorb EU funds and it will prevent Romania from losing EU money.

Simona Bazavan

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