2020–2024 legislature of the Romanian Parliament
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The 2020–2024 legislature of the Romanian Parliament is the current legislature of the Parliament of Romania, elected on 6 December 2020. In the said election, no party won an outright majority, but the Social Democratic Party (PSD) remained the largest political force in the parliament, in opposition however.[1] The National Liberal Party (PNL), the Save Romania Union (USR), and the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ) formed a coalition government.[2] The USR ran within a political alliance it established with a smaller party, more specifically the Freedom, Unity and Solidarity Party (PLUS), which was eventually absorbed by the former.[3] The Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) entered parliament starting this legislature with an unexpected high score, gaining more popularity ever since.[1]
Parliament of Romania LVI legislature | |||||||||
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Overview | |||||||||
Term | 20 December 2020 (2020-12-20) – present | ||||||||
Government | PNL, USR PLUS, UDMR/RMDSZ PSD, PNL, UDMR/RMDSZ | ||||||||
Opposition | PSD, AUR USR, AUR, UDMR/RMDSZ, FD, REPER | ||||||||
Senate | |||||||||
Political structure of the Senate | |||||||||
Members | 136 | ||||||||
President of the Senate | Anca Dragu (USR) (23 December 2020 – 23 November 2021) Florin Cîțu (PNL) (23 November 2021 – 29 June 2022) | ||||||||
PSD leader | Lucian Romașcanu | ||||||||
PNL leader | Daniel Fenechiu | ||||||||
USR leader | Radu Mihail | ||||||||
AUR leader | Claudiu Târziu | ||||||||
UDMR leader | Lóránd Turos | ||||||||
Chamber of Deputies | |||||||||
Political structure of the Chamber of Deputies | |||||||||
Members | 330 | ||||||||
President of the Chamber of Deputies | Ludovic Orban (PNL) (23 December 2020 – 13 October 2021) Florin Roman (PNL) (acting; 13 October 2021 – 2 November 2021) | ||||||||
PSD leader | Alfred Simonis | ||||||||
PNL leader | Florin Roman | ||||||||
USR leader | Ionuț Moșteanu | ||||||||
AUR leader | George Simion | ||||||||
UDMR leader | Botond Csoma | ||||||||
FD leader | Violeta Alexandru | ||||||||
Government | |||||||||
Cîțu Cabinet (coalition) | Florin Cîțu (23 December 2020 – 25 November 2021) | ||||||||
Ciucă Cabinet (coalition) | Nicolae Ciucă (25 November 2021 – present) | ||||||||
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The PNL-USR-PLUS-UDMR/RMDSZ coalition was dissolved in early September 2021 following dispute over the so-called Anghel Saligny program and subsequent ousting of Justice Minister Stelian Ion (USR) by Prime Minister Florin Cîțu (PNL). This led to a months-long political crisis until the National Coalition for Romania (consisting of PSD, PNL, and UDMR/RMDSZ) was formed in late November 2021, forming the incumbent Ciucă Cabinet.[4] The crisis also led to a PNL splinter, more specifically the Force of the Right (FD).[5]