Remus Borza Ousted From ALDE Parliamentary Group

Varujan Vosganian, head of the lawmakers of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) in the Chamber of Deputies, said Remus Borza is no longer part of this parliamentary group.

End last week, within the meeting of ALDE’s Standing Delegation, Liliana Minca was validated as member of ALDE’s Executive Political Bureau, after the position had been vacated by Borza’s exclusion.

In June, ALDE’s Central Political Bureau decided to exclude Borza from the party after the latter voted against the dismissal of the Grindeanu Cabinet at the no-confidence motion. (romanialibera.ro)

Robor Index Hits Five-Month High

ROBOR index, used in calculating the cost of leu loans with variable interest, rose 0.07% over the last month, the highest level since February 2016, according to Ziarul Financiar.

On Monday, the six-month Robor was 1.05% and in the central bank’s recent report, it rose to 1.12%, lower than 1.13% in Friday’s meeting. 

The three-month Robor index has reached the highest level in the last five months. The Robor increase has been more accelerated over the last month after several months of stability. (romanialibera.ro)

Theresa May Wants To Speed Up Brexit Talks

Britain is ready to “intensify” Brexit talks with the European Union rather than stick to the one-week-a-month schedule, Downing Street has said.

Brexit Secretary David Davis has just concluded a week of talks in Brussels about the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.

EU officials say progress is short of what is needed to move negotiations on to post-Brexit relations.

Theresa May’s spokeswoman said the UK wanted to talk about future relations with the EU “as soon as we can”. (cotidianul.ro)

PM Tudose Meets With Former PM Grindeanu

Prime Minister Mihai Tudose on Monday invited former prime minister Sorin Grindeanu at the government headquarters.

Tudose asked Grindeanu to fill him in on his latest meetings on foreign policy issues. (puterea.ro)

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