{"id":7513,"date":"2025-11-03T08:01:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T08:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=7513"},"modified":"2025-11-03T08:01:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T08:01:39","slug":"romanias-prime-minister-ilie-bolojan-declines-parliamentary-invitation-from-psd-and-aur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=7513","title":{"rendered":"Romania\u2019s prime minister Ilie Bolojan declines parliamentary invitation from PSD and AUR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime minister Ilie Bolojan announced that he would not attend the \u201cPrime Minister\u2019s Hour\u201d debate scheduled in Parliament for November 3, citing prior commitments related to Romania\u2019s defence industry partnership with Germany\u2019s Rheinmetall AG. The session had been requested separately by the opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the nationalist Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bursa.ro\/ilie-bolojan-nu-se-va-prezenta-luni-in-parlament-asa-cum-au-cerut-aur-si-psd-65484753?mc_cid=13648a5d75&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\" target=\"_blank\">Bursa.ro<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>In a government statement, Bolojan said he welcomed parliamentary debate but requested that the session be rescheduled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParliament is a fundamental institution of democracy, which must be respected as such, and a civilised and serious debate on issues of public interest can only benefit the citizens of Romania,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>According to the government, the prime minister\u2019s agenda on Monday is fully dedicated to the signing of a strategic contract with Rheinmetall and to discussions on the SAFE Programme described as crucial for Romania\u2019s economic and defence development.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the assurance of his full availability, Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan will ask the Permanent Bureaus of Parliament to reschedule the \u2018Prime Minister\u2019s Hour\u2019 for a day that will allow the harmonisation of agendas,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>The AUR parliamentary group had invited Ilie Bolojan to present the government\u2019s position on \u201cthe real situation of the country\u2019s preparation for the winter of 2025\u20132026, in the context of the accelerated increase in energy prices, the budget execution for the end of 2025, and the vision for the budget for 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Separately, PSD lawmakers called for a debate on \u201cthe withdrawal of American troops from Romania &#8211; the lack of reaction of the government and the implications for Romania\u2019s strategic and security commitments.\u201d Both debates were planned for Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: Inquam Photos\/George Calin)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime minister Ilie Bolojan announced that he would not attend the \u201cPrime Minister\u2019s Hour\u201d debate scheduled in Parliament for November 3, citing prior commitments related to Romania\u2019s defence industry partnership with Germany\u2019s Rheinmetall AG. The session had been requested separately by the opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the nationalist Alliance for the Union of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7513\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}