Romanian government promotes second reform package for quick approval in Parliament

Romanian prime minister Ilie Bolojan submitted on September 1 the second package of reforms in the form of five separate draft laws, covering the magistrates' pensions, the management in state-owned enterprises (SOEs), the market regulators, the public health system, and the taxation regime, to Parliament for endorsement under accelerated procedure without further debates.

The procedure gives the opposition the chance to file non-confidence motions against the government for each of the five draft laws, which is likely to happen for four of the five bills, with the fifth (on magistrate pensions) probably referred by magistrates to the Constitutional Court.