Percorso:ANSA > Nuova Europa > Romania > Romanian parliament approves new pro-European govt
Romanian parliament approves new pro-European govt
Ex-banker Citu pledged to overcome the coronavirus crisis
23 December, 22:53
(ANSA-AFP) - BUCHAREST, DEC 23 - Romanian MPs on Wednesday
approved the country's centre-right, pro-European coalition
government headed by ex-banker Florin Citu, who has pledged to
overcome the coronavirus crisis and the economic woes it has
caused. In total 260 MPs voted in favour of approving Citu's
cabinet, with 186 against. "My government will have two major
objectives: getting over the health crisis and getting the
economy back on track," Citu, 48, said in a speech to both
houses of parliament. Romania is one of the poorest countries in
the EU and the pandemic has exacted a heavy economic toll. Its
vaccination programme launches on Sunday. Citu had served as
finance minister in the outgoing government and has a degree in
economics from the University of Iowa in the United States.
(ANSA-AFP).
© Copyright ANSA - All rights reserved
(ANSA-AFP).
