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Siegfried Mureșan

MEP leading European People's Party negotiations on the budget, European Parliament

3 articles · 27 April 2026 to 11 August 2026

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Warned that Parliament will not approve a budget without adequate EU own-resources revenue, citing a digital levy as the most promising option.
Called the PSD-AUR alliance 'anti-European' and said responsibility for a new government now lies with them.
Predicted future cooperation between PSD and AUR and warned of a polarised Romanian landscape.

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Costa launches capitals tour to salvage €2 trillion EU budget deal before 2027 elections

European Council president begins August 25 trip through Central Europe and Baltics as frugal and cohesion camps remain deadlocked on seven-year spending plan.

Clara Devereux11 August 20268 min read

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Romanian government falls in no-confidence vote as deficit deadline looms

Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan's pro-EU coalition collapsed after 281 MPs backed a motion tabled by the Social Democrats and the far-right AUR, leaving Bucharest scrambling to form a new administration before an August deadline for €10bn in EU recovery funds.

Sofia Marchetti5 May 20268 min read

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Romanian Social Democrats ally with far right, testing Socialist credibility in Brussels

PSD's vote with AUR to topple the centrist government exposes a gap between the centre-left's European rhetoric and national coalition realities, with Greens and liberals demanding clarity on where the red line now lies.

Clara Devereux27 April 20268 min read

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