The Social Liberal Union, which is made up of the country’s three main opposition parties, now has 67 senators and the ruling party has only 65 senators. However, it takes 68 senators to reach absolute majority and be able to adopt organic laws.
The ruling party PDL has 44 senators, the Hungarian minority party UDMR, part of the ruling coalition, has eight senators and the National Union for the Progress of Romania UNPR has 13 senators, which leads to a total of 65 senators representing the ruling coalition. In turn, the Social Democratic Party has 41 senators and the Liberal Party has 26 senators, which leads to a total of 67 senators representing the opposition.
Opposition lawmakers are set to continue their boycott of Parliament meetings after they failed to have Chamber Speaker Roberta Anastase dismissed from her position.