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00:00:52It's 8:00 AM, good morning, we're back contract from the army for 55 to the morning news and allow me to greet
00:00:56Romanians abroad as well, because we are live on TVR International.
00:01:00To begin, let's look at the main events of this
00:01:02hour.
00:01:05Romania is making great efforts to keep the lights on, and keeping
00:01:09reactor 2 of the Cernavodă power plant operational is key to keeping
00:01:14act does not pass parliament within imports and energy prices in check in the coming period.
00:01:16The Danube reached a historic low yesterday, we'll detail everything
00:01:20immediately.
00:01:22Consultations resume at Cotroceni Palace on the salary law,
00:01:26after two weeks of postponements, the presidential advisor for economic issues,
00:01:30Radu Burnete, has a new meeting today with representatives of the
00:01:33parties that formed the
00:01:35governing coalition.
00:01:38Extremely warm morning in most of the country, we won't escape
00:01:42the heatwave, the scorching red code, not even
00:01:45in the coming hours, although meteorologists say we should expect
00:01:49rain and storms, we'll detail everything
00:01:51immediately.
00:02:00Romania is making great efforts to keep the lights on, and keeping
00:02:03reactor 2 of the Cernavodă power plant is key to keeping
00:02:06imports and energy prices in check in the coming period.
00:02:10The Danube reached a historic low yesterday, and cooling the plant is
00:02:13the main problem authorities are currently facing. My colleague
00:02:17Andrei Marinaș has details about this situation, he's live with us.
00:02:21Andrei, good
00:02:21to see you.
00:02:26Good morning, good to see you. In the context of the energy crisis, we see how important
00:02:30the Danube is for us. Yesterday the river reached a historic low of 1400
00:02:34cubic meters per second and predictions are that it will drop
00:02:37further. A big problem is that this happened
00:02:41a few days earlier than hydrologists anticipated.
00:02:44In this context, authorities are trying to
00:02:47direct as much water as possible to the Old Danube, from where the
00:02:51Cernavodă power plant is supplied. And for this,
00:02:54authorities have decided to sink four barges in
00:02:57the Bala Arm area to direct as much water as possible to the
00:03:01Old Danube. These are barges filled with crushed stone from the Stânca Pârjoaia
00:03:05area, detonated by the army a few days ago.
00:03:09Initially, this was supposed to happen yesterday,
00:03:12but it couldn't happen because there were
00:03:16very strong currents in the area which would have endangered those carrying out
00:03:19this operation. These barges will be
00:03:23anchored both to the bank and to the bottom of the Danube. And this
00:03:26endeavor is to resume today, somewhere
00:03:29around noon. To give you
00:03:33an idea, approximately 15, maybe 20% of the
00:03:36water flows through the Old Danube, and
00:03:40was intentionally set to the rest through the Bala Arm, and authorities want to sink these
00:03:43barges in the Bala Arm area to direct as much water as possible to the
00:03:46Old Danube, so that the water level does not drop
00:03:50below the water intake of the canal that carries
00:03:54water to the Cernavodă power plant. Yesterday's
00:03:57predictions were that the plant could still operate for seven
00:04:00days, and with these sunken barges and the water
00:04:04level expected to rise a few centimeters, we would gain
00:04:08another three or four days, at least that's what the
00:04:11specialists who manage the Cernavodă
00:04:14power plant say. Andrei Marinașu, thank you very much for
00:04:17all this information. Romania
00:04:20passed the heatwave test, but failed the trust test. In recent
00:04:24days, authorities have made repeated appeals to the public to voluntarily reduce
00:04:27energy consumption, especially in the evening between 7 PM
00:04:31and 11 PM when the electrical system was most heavily loaded. The reason
00:04:35was unprecedented: the Danube reached , we saw, historically low
00:04:38flows, a reactor at Cernavodă reduced its production, and
00:04:42Romania was forced to import significant amounts of energy
00:04:45precisely during the hours of highest consumption. On the most
00:04:49difficult evenings, national consumption reached and exceeded 7000 MW,
00:04:53and imports exceeded 1700 MW,
00:04:56which is almost a quarter of the energy consumed at that time. For
00:05:00the first time in many years, the government declared a state of energy emergency, and the population and
00:05:04large companies were asked to save electricity. In parallel,
00:05:08hydropower production decreased sharply due to drought, and nuclear energy
00:05:12operated below its usual capacity. Large companies
00:05:15reacted quickly. Dacia and Ford, together with other large industrial consumers, voluntarily
00:05:19reduced consumption, saving approximately 200 to
00:05:22250 MW during peak hours. However, at the
00:05:26household level, the effect of the calls was limited. Millions of
00:05:29air conditioners continued to operate almost simultaneously, and residential
00:05:33consumption remained very high. At first glance, the conclusion would be
00:05:36simple: Romanians did not listen. But the reality
00:05:39is more nuanced. At 40°C, air conditioning is no
00:05:43longer a luxury. For children, the elderly, or chronically ill, it is a
00:05:46necessity. In addition, specialists say that in a society, perhaps
00:05:50the real problem is not energy consumption, but how
00:05:53we as a society react to crises. For years
00:05:57we have been repairing at the last minute what should have been prepared in advance. We detonate
00:06:00rocks, we see when the Danube drops, we demand economy when the system is already under
00:06:04pressure, and we discover vulnerabilities only when problems arise.
00:06:08The energy crisis this summer says more than what we consume, it
00:06:11says how much trust we still have in each other and how prepared
00:06:15Romania is to move from improvisation to prevention. After all, a
00:06:19country is not kept plugged in only with reactors and power lines, but also
00:06:23with shared responsibility between the state,
00:06:26companies, and citizens.
00:06:29Yes, and in this landscape, more and more reactions from authorities
00:06:33are appearing. The capital is saving energy after the government declared
00:06:36a state of alert nationwide due to the decrease in electricity
00:06:40production. The Bucharest City
00:06:42Hall has implemented a plan to reduce consumption. Since last
00:06:46night, street lighting and lighting in parks managed by the
00:06:49municipality operate at a reduced intensity to
00:06:53limit consumption during peak hours.
00:06:5725 measures to reduce energy consumption have been
00:07:00adopted by the Capital City Hall. These will be applied throughout
00:07:04August to reduce pressure on the national energy
00:07:08system, especially during the maximum consumption period in the
00:07:11evening. One of the measures taken by the General City Hall of the Capital
00:07:15is the reduction of public lighting in its administered parks
00:07:19by 30%, and where not needed, even
00:07:22the complete shutdown of public lighting. Alongside
00:07:26the Capital City Hall came the City Hall of Sector 6, which decided
00:07:30to reduce light intensity by 50% in parks and
00:07:33in children's playgrounds. Energy consumption will
00:07:37also be reduced by abandoning the architectural lighting of the Capital
00:07:40City Hall's headquarters and its subordinate institutions,
00:07:44including museums. Bucharest residents say the measures are
00:07:47welcome, although many state they have not noticed a difference in terms of
00:07:51park lighting. I think it's fine, I don't have a
00:07:54problem with that. But no, you didn't feel at all that the intensity... I didn't feel
00:07:58the difference, honestly, I didn't stop to look, usually the light is not very strong in
00:08:02Cișmigiu. At home, did you do anything in that sense to reduce
00:08:05electricity consumption? Normally, I don't stay with too
00:08:08much light anyway, I usually as a person have LED bulbs.
00:08:21it should be less anyway because there's no need in the park for such an
00:08:25intensity but did you notice anything changed tonight
00:08:28no not at all no at home do you take
00:08:32any measures to reduce this energy consumption I
00:08:35have always taken measures because I don't like strong light.
00:08:39Energy saving measures will also be applied to the company
00:08:42that manages public transport in Bucharest. Electric buses will no longer
00:08:46be charged during the critical interval between 7:30 PM and
00:08:5011 PM. The municipal company Termoenergetica will also turn off
00:08:53non-essential lighting and will limit the operation of pumps for increasing
00:08:57hot water pressure. While the Capital City Hall has taken several
00:09:01decisions to reduce electricity consumption,
00:09:04especially in the evening when the crisis is exacerbated, we also
00:09:08have public institutions that have not taken any measures, for
00:09:11example, the People's House, one of the largest consumers of
00:09:15electricity, where the architectural lighting is
00:09:18not turned off. Currently, the daily electricity consumption
00:09:21in Bucharest is approximately 1000
00:09:24MW. The proposed reductions and measures are good,
00:09:28I can't say they don't help, but they don't have a
00:09:31significant impact. It's more illustrative
00:09:34than having evident effects that actually
00:09:38help. Operators of illuminated advertising
00:09:42panels that have contracts with the Capital City Hall say they will respect
00:09:46the measures imposed by the municipality. Last night,
00:09:49however, the panels in the major intersections of Bucharest were still
00:09:52lit. Emergency plan to protect
00:09:56the national energy system. The government is preparing a normative act
00:10:00through which it will be able to oblige approximately 80 large
00:10:03industrial consumers to reduce or even temporarily cut off
00:10:06their energy supply in crisis situations. The measure targets
00:10:10large combined steel and aluminum production plants, the chemical
00:10:14fertilizer industry, and the automotive sector. Although voluntary saving appeals
00:10:18reduced consumption by 250 MW, the decrease covers only
00:10:22a small part of the deficit from the peak
00:10:25evening hours. For companies, unplanned production shutdowns will
00:10:28generate massive financial losses, and unions are already demanding that
00:10:32affected employees go on technical unemployment during the interruptions. The draft
00:10:36decision is expected to be adopted at today's executive
00:10:39meeting.
00:10:42Coal-fired power plants can no longer be closed, even at the cost of blocking
00:10:46billions of non-reimbursable euros allocated through
00:10:49the PNR. In the final vote, deputies maintained the Social
00:10:52Democrats' amendment in the decarbonization law, which generated
00:10:55sharp disputes in the Senate, namely keeping coal-fired power plants
00:10:59operational. PSD and AUR insist that this is a
00:11:03solution to the current energy crisis, but the Minister of
00:11:06European Funds says that Romania will lose money. President Nicuș
00:11:09Jordan is considering not promulgating
00:11:11the law.
00:11:15Consultations resume at Controduceni Palace on the salary law,
00:11:18after two weeks of USR and UDMR. Burnete is trying
00:11:21to reach a political compromise before sending the project
00:11:25to parliament. According to sources, social democratic leaders claim, however, that the chances
00:11:29of the current form of the project passing are minimal, citing
00:11:32major disagreements regarding salary grids. Time
00:11:36is limited, however, if the normative
00:11:39a month, Romania risks permanently losing almost 800
00:11:43million euros from PNR
00:11:44funds.
00:11:48We also look at the weather map, in what follows. We
00:11:51expect today to be a day with 40 degrees.
00:11:56We already see Dana ready to tell us if the
00:11:59rains are coming today? They are, Marius, they are coming towards evening in several areas,
00:12:03showers, storms, hail, we're used
00:12:07to isolated possibilities of hail, but these three
00:12:10colors remain dominant and it seems
00:12:13for a very long time and even in the next
00:12:17period, exactly, we start with the yellow code which is
00:12:20valid for Dobrogea, northern and eastern Muntenia, as well as
00:12:24eastern Transylvania. Here maximums will reach
00:12:2736 to 37°,
00:12:30and on the coast, maximums will reach
00:12:3332°. Thermal discomfort will be high, and
00:12:36the night will remain tropical. The
00:12:40orange code concerns Moldova, Oltenia, most of
00:12:43Transylvania, and the southwest and center
00:12:46of Muntenia. In these regions, the heatwave will be
00:12:49persistent, with temperatures up to 38°
00:12:53and thermal discomfort.
00:12:55However, the most severe is the red code
00:12:59extended today in Maramureș, Satu Mare, Sălaj, Bihor,
00:13:02Arad, Timiș, and Caraș- Severin. Here,
00:13:06extreme temperatures of up to 41°
00:13:09in the shade will be recorded, and nights will remain tropical, with lows of
00:13:1326°.
00:13:15In addition, we also have a yellow code for significant showers
00:13:19in northern and central Moldova, in Transylvania,
00:13:22Maramureș, Crișana, Banat, and Oltenia, and the western half of
00:13:26Muntenia, starting at 12 PM until
00:13:30evening, there will be storms, electrical discharges, and
00:13:33hail. Well, the day has already begun under
00:13:36the influence of the heatwave, which we are used to. At this
00:13:40hour, it's already 23° in Suceava and in Iași,
00:13:4425° in Constanța.
00:13:47We also have 23° in the capital, 22°
00:13:50in Craiova. In the west of the country, the temperature reached
00:13:5323, 24 degrees in Timișoara and Oradea, and in
00:13:57the center of the country, in Cluj Napoca, we have 21° on the thermometers
00:14:01right now.
00:14:04Dana, thank you very much for all this
00:14:05information.
00:14:09A new level of danger, that's how German authorities categorize
00:14:12the explosive drone incident discovered last night at
00:14:15Leipzig/Halle Airport, one of the largest cargo logistics
00:14:19centers in Europe. The incident is treated
00:14:22as a terrorist one. We'll have details in a few moments.
00:14:27Spanish authorities are on high alert for a new wave of
00:14:30migrants who could assault the two enclaves in Africa. After
00:14:34tens of thousands of people invaded the Ceuta enclave last week,
00:14:38now mercenaries are being urged on social media to resume
00:14:41the assault. We'll detail everything
00:14:43immediately.
00:14:52A new level of danger, that's how German authorities categorize
00:14:55the explosive drone incident discovered last night at
00:14:58Leipzig/Halle Airport, one of the largest cargo logistics
00:15:02centers in Europe. The incident is treated
00:15:05as a terrorist one, and the warning from internal security
00:15:08officials, who do not rule out the involvement of foreign powers in hybrid
00:15:12threats, such as this one, comes as a very serious
00:15:16alarm signal. The North Atlantic Alliance has been informed about
00:15:19the incident.
00:15:22The drone was discovered by an airport employee in the security zone
00:15:25of the southern runway, near a Ukrainian cargo plane.
00:15:29According to authorities, during takeoff, the cargo
00:15:32aircraft collided with an unknown flying object
00:15:36near the airport. All flights were
00:15:39temporarily suspended, and the southern runway was
00:15:42closed.
00:15:45Drone and the assumption that it could be
00:15:49an explosive device, the police,
00:15:52the federal police, the state police,
00:15:54the federal police, the federal police's bomb disposal
00:15:57group was put on
00:16:00standby and then
00:16:03defused it.
00:16:37unarmed with explosives
00:16:41on an airport premises, this
00:16:45is
00:16:47a new threat. Any lead regarding the origin of the drone and who was
00:16:51behind the operation remains open. The diplomatic
00:16:55representative of Ukraine in Berlin blamed Moscow.
00:16:58German airports are on maximum alert after a series of
00:17:02unauthorized drone overflights in areas such as
00:17:05military installations, energy terminals, and logistics
00:17:09companies. Leipzig Airport is a major transport
00:17:12hub, including for deliveries of military aid
00:17:16to Ukraine.
00:17:18Spanish authorities are on high alert for a new wave of
00:17:22migrants who could assault the two enclaves in Africa. After
00:17:26tens of thousands of people invaded the Ceuta enclave last week,
00:17:30now Moroccans are being urged on social media to resume the assault.
00:17:34Moreover, migrants who were sent back to Morocco say
00:17:38they would like to go to Romania or
00:17:39Russia.
00:17:42On social media, messages are being spread encouraging Moroccans to continue
00:17:45forcing European borders.
00:17:49Some Moroccans rejected from Ceuta say they would like to live in
00:17:53Romania or Russia. The fact is that Spanish authorities are
00:17:57on alert. Social networks in Morocco are full of
00:18:01messages that push people towards
00:18:04a new invasion of Ceuta or Melilla. Alha
00:18:08is that message to
00:18:10invade Spanish territories, Melilla and
00:18:14Ceuta, on August 15th, the Spanish police
00:18:17have already sent planes full of police
00:18:21officers to Melilla to prepare the territory and the border
00:18:25guard with Morocco. 22 European countries, including
00:18:29Romania, have criticized the migration policy of
00:18:32Spanish socialist prime minister Pedro Sanchez. Sanchez, in turn,
00:18:35said that his partners in the union are showing selfishness.
00:18:39In Italy, although Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni threatened to reintroduce
00:18:42controls for travelers coming from Spain, the
00:18:46situation has not changed at
00:18:47airports.
00:18:54Meanwhile, illegal immigrants still remain in Ceuta. Among
00:18:57the tens of thousands of Moroccans, a few Sudanese
00:19:00also slipped in.
00:19:08Also, a week after the invasion of Spanish
00:19:12territory, several hundred unaccompanied minors still remain
00:19:15on the streets of Ceuta, who are being checked
00:19:18by the Spanish authorities.
00:19:22After huge delays, the Craiova aircraft factory could deliver
00:19:25the first IR99 training aircraft to the air forces in a few
00:19:29weeks. The interim Minister of Economy stated
00:19:33for TVR News that another payment should be made, which would allow the signing
00:19:37of an additional act with the army, and in the following weeks, two aircraft
00:19:40will be handed over to the military. The state-owned factory should have
00:19:44delivered all 10 training aircraft to the Ministry of Defense
00:19:48by the end of 2024.
00:19:52The delivery of the first training aircraft was hindered, among other things, by a
00:19:56cyber attack. The company was on the verge of paying
00:19:59$5,000 to a hacker and not to an American equipment manufacturer, as
00:20:03it should have. Now, the interim Minister of Economy hopes that
00:20:06finally, Craiova airplanes will be able to deliver the first two
00:20:09IR99 SMs to the army, which are ready. For me, it's a
00:20:13matter of days, weeks at most, but I
00:20:17cannot speak for the
00:20:19management, I and the ministry have asked and are asking
00:20:23the management to move with maximum speed, to leave
00:20:26holidays, to leave relaxation. The Craiova
00:20:29company depends on the contract with the army, and for this reason, it is now
00:20:33in a difficult situation, says the interim Minister of Economy. For every
00:20:37day of delay, the state company will have to pay MAPN
00:20:4028,000 euros. Avioane Craiova already has debts of
00:20:44millions of dollars to equipment manufacturers and banks. Let's start with
00:20:47the debts that
00:20:50are at Elbit, on the two
00:20:52contracts, they total
00:20:557,7000
00:20:58dollars. With salaries, we are already
00:21:01behind by one salary, meaning
00:21:04practically, the salaries for July are overdue.
00:21:08Since the IRE99 SM aircraft should be used for F16
00:21:11pilot training, the delays from Craiova have almost
00:21:15blocked this process. The army is now training people abroad,
00:21:18but the places are very few. The repeated
00:21:21delays recorded in this
00:21:25program force the air forces to resort to
00:21:29outsourcing this training,
00:21:32which is very good from an interoperability perspective, but
00:21:35very expensive at the same time. In August
00:21:392020, Avioane Craiova received a
00:21:42million euros for the modernization of 10 IR99
00:21:46aircraft. After exactly 6 years, the company
00:21:48has not delivered any
00:21:50aircraft.
00:21:53Romanians are buying more and more often from Temu and AliExpress,
00:21:56but not just clothes. The latest Compar.ro study
00:21:59shows that the most ordered products are for the home, followed
00:22:03by home appliances and hobby items. The main reason is
00:22:07simple: 84% of Romanians say they choose these platforms for very low
00:22:11prices, but the savings come with many question
00:22:14marks. In the last year, the European Union has started to tighten rules for
00:22:18these platforms, citing unfair competition and product
00:22:21safety. The study shows that 55% of
00:22:25buyers choose products and accessories for the home.
00:22:2837% buy electronics, 26% hobby
00:22:31items, and 22 percent fashion accessories.
00:22:35However, these purchases are more occasional. Almost
00:22:3873% of respondents say they order
00:22:42only once every few months or even less often, and only
00:22:457% buy weekly. The reason is quality.
00:22:4935% of Romanians say that the products received were below
00:22:53expectations, 18% received items different from
00:22:56photos or description, and 17% encountered unsuitable
00:23:00sizes. On the other hand, 34% declare that they had no
00:23:03problems, which shows that experiences are mixed.
00:23:07Meanwhile, European rules, as I told you, are changing. Since July 1st, the European Union
00:23:11has introduced a customs tax of €3 for cheap parcels coming from outside
00:23:15the European Union and has eliminated the old exemption for products under
00:23:18€150. It says the measure is necessary because billions
00:23:22of parcels arrive in the European Union annually, many of them without sufficient
00:23:26checks regarding product safety and with an
00:23:29unfair advantage over European traders.
00:23:32Last year, approximately 5.8 billion low-value parcels entered the European
00:23:36Union, more than four times more than in
00:23:392022. The conclusion is simple: Romanians continue to hunt for the lowest
00:23:43prices, but are increasingly attentive to quality, returns, and
00:23:47safety. And with the new taxes and controls imposed by the European
00:23:50Union, the advantage of platforms like Temu, Shein, AliExpress and so
00:23:54on begins to diminish, which could mean slightly higher prices,
00:23:58but also safer products for
00:24:01consumers. Real fire days for the
00:24:05firefighters in Mehedinți, who intervened yesterday afternoon and evening
00:24:09at two dry vegetation fires that scorched more
00:24:12than 100 hectares in two localities at temperatures
00:24:16above 37°C. The military
00:24:19fought flames that even exceeded 4 meters
00:24:22in height, due to the heat, dry vegetation, and wind gusts
00:24:26in some situations. The fire
00:24:30destroy dry vegetation.
00:24:33High temperatures, which exceeded 37°C,
00:24:37dry vegetation, and strong winds hindered the mission
00:24:40of the firefighters who intervened to extinguish the fire. People also
00:24:44tried to stop the flames from advancing by digging trenches with shovels. One
00:24:48of the critical situations was in Malovăț commune. We're facing
00:24:51fire now, and it's coming from the valley, from the forest,
00:24:55entering the village here, approaching the village, what more is
00:24:58there to say? Now go you, a single woman, it's entering the village from that
00:25:01valley, the fire's been out for half a day,
00:25:05I've been extinguishing it since yesterday
00:25:09night, the fire, since yesterday and shovel until my, look at my
00:25:13eyes, smoke gets in my eyes until I don't even know anymore, the firefighters
00:25:17initially intervened with... Two special vehicles and requested
00:25:20additional support after very large flames approached
00:25:23two houses. Approximately 300 hectares of dry vegetation and
00:25:27stubble and approximately 60 hectares of litter from the acacia forest were burning. We
00:25:31located, we needed to request another special vehicle for support
00:25:34towards Bibăn village, as the fire was spreading on all
00:25:38sides of these two localities. The fire at this
00:25:41moment is contained, we are working to extinguish it, but at this
00:25:45moment the situation is calm. The second intervention was in the commune of
00:25:49Devesel, where approximately 50 hectares of dry vegetation
00:25:52and acacia forest burned. Mirabela Grădinaru,
00:25:56Nicușor Dan's partner,
00:25:58published her declaration of assets on the presidential administration's website.
00:26:02The announcement was made by the head of state, who wants to avoid
00:26:06any speculation this way. The transparency exercise comes
00:26:10against the backdrop of heated debates in parliament on the ANI law, where
00:26:13an amendment submitted by AUR directly targets the president's
00:26:17partner. According to the declaration published
00:26:20on the presidential administration's website, Mirabela Grădinaru owns
00:26:24a plot of land in Moara Vlăsiei, Ilfov. She inherited
00:26:28various shares of several plots of land, two houses, and a
00:26:31vineyard, all in Vaslui county, from her grandparents and father.
00:26:35The president's partner has two cars from
00:26:382016 and 1992.
00:26:41In the last year, her income from the private company where she is employed
00:26:45was almost 16,000 RON, which is around
00:26:4813,000 RON per month. She also has shares worth
00:26:524,000 € through an employee program. In
00:26:56her declaration of interests, Mirabela Grădinaru stated that she is the president
00:26:59of the civic organization SOS Orașul, to which she lent
00:27:03116,000 RON. According to the current
00:27:07legislation in force, the president's partner is not
00:27:10obliged to submit a declaration of assets
00:27:13or interests. However, President Nicușor Dan
00:27:16wrote in a public message on social media that he is doing
00:27:20it in the spirit of transparency and to remove any
00:27:23speculation. At the debate on the ANI Law
00:27:27in parliament, AUR representatives introduced an amendment with the support of PSD,
00:27:30which directly targets Mirabela Grădinaru. According to
00:27:33this, people who have relationships with dignitaries
00:27:37similar to spouses will be obliged to submit declarations of assets
00:27:40and interests. The president wants to send an
00:27:44informal signal, by which he points his finger
00:27:47at these changes, as
00:27:50being potentially unconstitutional. In
00:27:53fact, the proposals that were formulated,
00:27:56respectively, the inclusion of life partners
00:27:59in... the declaration of assets and interests
00:28:03are not found in the civil code. Mirabela
00:28:06Grădinaru appeared in several public actions alongside President
00:28:09Nicușor Dan and represented Romania at the White House at a summit
00:28:13organized by the First Lady of the United States, Melania
00:28:17Trump. The Integrity Law passed
00:28:20the Senate with a large majority, but not without political
00:28:23scandal. Amendments mutually supported by PSD and AUR
00:28:27ignited the dispute among parliamentarians. One of them provides
00:28:30for the termination of mandates of those declared incompatible before the law came
00:28:34into force, a provision that USR considers directed
00:28:37against the mayor of Timișoara, Dominic Fritz. USR has already announced that it will
00:28:41challenge the law at the Constitutional Court. Another
00:28:44amendment also obliges the life partners of dignitaries to submit declarations of assets
00:28:48and interests. The project was adopted with 105 votes for, eight
00:28:51against, and seven abstentions and must be published in the Official Gazette by the end
00:28:55of this month. The law is a milestone in the PNRR, on which depends
00:28:58the access to 770 million euros, non-refundable funds. Almost a
00:29:02quarter
00:29:05of the city halls in the country risk losing state budget funding
00:29:08if they do not connect to the ghiseul.ro platform.
00:29:12The warning comes from Deputy Prime Minister Oana Gheorghiu. By the deadline of August
00:29:1525, 919 local
00:29:18administrations.