The purpose of the hearing is to analyze the newest developments regarding the straying of the democratic principles in Romania. Why are Romanians protesting and what are are the main abuses they are complaining about? European leaders, Romanian politicians, civil society representatives and journalists aim to establish a dialogue which has been refused until now.

The meeting will be hosted by Hannes Swoboda, leader of the S&D Group in the EP and Guy Verhofstadt, leader of the ALDE Group in the EP. 

Our special guests are the co-presidents of the main opposition alliance in Romania, the Social Liberal Union (USL) – Victor Ponta (president of the Social Democratic Party – PSD), Crin Antonescu (president of the National Liberal Party – PNL) and Daniel Constantin (president of the Conservative Party - PC).

Two prominent NGO representatives - Cristian Pârvulescu (president of Pro Democracy Association) and Victor Alistar (executive director of Transparency International Romania), as well as leading journalist Răzvan Dumitrescu and Liviu Voinea, PhD in Economics, will participate in this debate.