Back البرلمان الروماني Arabic Parllamentu de Rumanía AST Парламент Румыніі Byelorussian Парлямэнт Румыніі BE-X-OLD Parlament de Romania Catalan Rumæniens parlament Danish Rumänisches Parlament German Κοινοβούλιο της Ρουμανίας Greek Parlamento de Rumania Spanish Romanian parlamentti Finnish
Parliament of Romania Parlamentul României | |
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| 9th Legislature | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Houses | Senate Chamber of Deputies |
| History | |
| Founded | 1862 1990 (current form) |
| Leadership | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 134 Senators 331 Deputies |
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Senate political groups | Government (68)
Opposition (66) |
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Chamber of Deputies political groups | [1]
Government (157)
Supported by (19) Opposition (155)
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| Elections | |
| 1992–2008, 2016–present: Closed list, D'Hondt method 2008–2016: Mixed member proportional representation | |
| 1992–2008, 2016–present: Closed list, D'Hondt method 2008–2016: Mixed member proportional representation | |
Last Senate election | 1 December 2024 |
Last Chamber of Deputies election | 1 December 2024 |
Next Senate election | 2028 |
Next Chamber of Deputies election | 2028 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest, Romania | |
| Website | |
| http://www.parlament.ro/ | |
The Parliament of Romania (Romanian: Parlamentul României) is the national bicameral legislature of Romania, consisting of the Chamber of Deputies (Camera Deputaților) and the Senate (Senat). It meets at the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, the capital.
Prior to the modification of the Constitution in 2003, the two houses had identical attributes. A text of a law had to be approved by both houses. If the text differed, a special commission (Romanian: comisie de mediere) was formed by deputies and senators, that "negotiated" between the two houses the form of the future law. The report of this commission had to be approved in a joint session of the Parliament.
After the 2003 referendum, a law still has to be approved by both houses, but each house has designated matters it gets to deliberate before the other, in capacity of "deciding chamber" (Romanian: cameră decizională). If that first chamber adopts a law proposal (relating to its competences), it is passed on to the other one, which can approve or reject. If it makes amendments, the bill is sent back to the deciding chamber, the decision of which is final.
In 2009, a referendum was held to consult the population about turning the parliament into a unicameral body and reducing the number of representatives to 300. Although the referendum passed, the results are not binding, a referendum explicitly mentioning the modification of the constitution being required to achieve this.[2]
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- ^ "Grupuri parlamentare". The official website of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies (in Romanian). Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ For the modification of the structure of parliament, a constitutional amendment is needed. (euractiv.ro)