Romania

President

Prime Minister

Klaus Iohannis (Independent, since December 2014)

Ludovic Orban (National Liberal Party, since November 2019)

Population 19,401,658 (2019)
Size 232,391 km2 (92,043 sq. miles)
MEPs 33 (joined the EU in 2007)
Next presidential election

Next legislative election

2024

Late 2020 / early 2021

Presidency of the Council After 2030
Last meeting with Boris Johnson None held to date
Brexit priorities A key priority for the Romanian government is to secure the rights of the 400.000 Romanians living in the UK. The government wants to ensure there will be no discrimination between EU citizens and EU citizens and UK citizens during the Brexit talks.

Romania wants to make sure citizens’ rights and the financial bill are discussed first before any future relationship is negotiated.

Romania is currently holding the Presidency of the Council of the EU in the final stages of the Brexit negotiations.

What former Prime Minister Dăncilă said on Brexit “We will turn this history tab of the Union, but we also need to learn from this situation.”
Romania’s priorities On 27 August 2019, the Alliance for Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) announced it was quitting the ruling coalition. Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă has 45 days to propose a new government and seek a confidence vote in Parliament.

Viorica Dăncilă became Prime Minister in 2018 following tensions between previous leader Mihai Tudose and PSD leader Liviu Dragnea, who cannot become Prime Minister over allegations he had rigged a referendum. Viorica Dăncilă is a close ally of Dragnea.

The government has promised higher wages and pensions in a battered economy.

Additionally, Romania has been accused of corruption from internal and external parties. Protests erupted after anti-corruption rules were scrapped and sentences of some non-violent crimes were reduced in January 2017. Tensions with the EU have also increased recently over Romania’s judicial reforms.