Media: Romania’s ruling party prepares new government reshuffle

The ruling party PSD (the Social Democratic Party) is preparing a new government reshuffle, which would lead to the change of three ministers.

Rovana Plumb, the EU funds minister, and Natalia Intotero, the minister for diaspora, are on the list of ministers to be changed, according to local Digi24. Both are to be included on PSD’s list of candidates for the 2019 European Parliament elections, with Plumb opening the list, the local media reported.

But the expected government reshuffle also targets justice minister Tudorel Toader. Although he recently survived a simple motion filed by the opposition, PSD may decide to change him anyway as the party is reportedly unhappy with the fact that he failed to issue several emergency ordinances on justice, including one to change the criminal codes.

The previous government reshuffle, decided by PSD in November last year, didn’t go as planned after the president refused two of the ruling party’s nominations several times and delayed announcing his decision. The crisis ended three months later, in February this year, when the government nominated other candidates and the president accepted the proposals.

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