Romania: Law on obligation to play the National Anthem was rejected
by Eugen CojocariuThe Senate (upper Chamber of the Romanian Parliament) definitively rejected on 13 June 2016 the draft Law intended to obligate all the audiovisual media services providers under Romanian jurisdiction to broadcast daily at 7,00 a.m. the National Anthem, the complete version. The Chamber of Deputies (lower chamber) had rejected the project on 2 March 2016.
According to the initiators, two non afiliated Members of Parliament, the draft law was intended to reinforce the national feeling, the respect for the national insignia in a moment when, according to their opinion, these symbols are forgotten, neglected or even removed from…
