Prime Minister Nicolae Chuke ranks first in terms of visibility also in June, well ahead of his cabinet colleagues. Education Minister Sorin Kimpeanu remains in second place, followed by the transport and energy ministers, who swapped places compared to the previous month, according to an analysis by News.ro and monitoring agency Klarmedia based on print and online media monitoring.

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Health Minister Alexandru Rafila, who was in 11th place last month, has risen impressively to fifth place, as has Family Minister Gabriela Firea, according to the Ministerial Visibility Barometer analysis. News.ro and monitoring agency Klarmedia, based on the monitoring of printed and online media.

What does the top of the visibility of ministers in Chuke’s government look like

#1. Prime Minister Nicolae Chuke has 18,678 mentions in the print and online press, in the context of the announcement regarding the decision on the 50 bani compensation for the price of fuel, as well as statements regarding the decisions of the coalition regarding changes to the Fiscal Code. as well as participation in Wado in the ceremony of starting natural gas production within the framework of the MGD project, which is implemented by the Black Sea Oil & Gas company.

#2. Education Minister Sorin #Cîmpeanu remains in second place with almost 5,000 mentions, who recorded peaks of visibility with the announcement of statistics on the results of the national assessment and the baccalaureate exam.

#3. Transport Minister Sorin Grindeanu moves from 4th place in May to 3rd in June, with the most mentions in print and online media recorded in the context of statements made as a result of his participation in the delegation that accompanied Prime Minister Nicolae Chuke to of the United Arab Emirates, especially regarding investments in the port of Constanta. Grindyan’s name was also mentioned in connection with the fact that he moved to a temporary position in agriculture. The Minister of Transport also had a peak of visibility with statements regarding the status of works at the construction site of the Nuşfalău – Suplacu de Barcău section (Transylvania Highway).

#4. For his part, Energy Minister Virgil Popescu is backing down, his visibility given by coalition discussions on fuel price compensation, statements about winter energy reserves, and his austerity decisions: “The problem is that we try to save, let’s try to turn off the light bulb if we’re not staying in this room anymore, let’s try turning down the radiator or central heating by a degree or two in the winter.’ Popescu was mentioned in the print and online press, as well as in connection with the Government’s adoption of an emergency order on the decarbonization of the energy sector, which, according to him, is an important milestone in the PNRR aimed at phasing out coal from the energy mix by 2032.

#5. Next in the top is the Minister of Health, which registers a significant rise, from the 11th place in May, thanks to the announcement of the first case of monkeypox, which appeared on the border of Romania, in Hungary, at the institution of the National Agency for the Development of the Infrastructure of Protection health in regional hospitals, and as a result of his recommendation, after the appearance of the first three cases of monkeypox in Romania, to avoid casual contact with unknown persons, the disease is “faster” transmitted sexually. It also rose to prominence with claims about medical care for refugees and findings of an increase in the number of COVID cases, as well as noting that reported cases did not require hospitalization.

#6. Minister of Defense Vasile Dinku resigns from his position, the peaks of visibility are recorded by statements about his presence at the Breaza military college, regarding corruption, waste from the army, and registration for volunteer positions. The Minister of Defense also gave clarifications on mine danger in the Black Sea, picked up in the press and online.

#7. In 7th place is Family Minister Gabriela Firea, who rose from 13th in May with the announcement of camps for students with good academic results, as well as one that saw the accommodation allowance increase by almost 50% from July , and the amount of personal expenses of residents of residential institutions increased 5 times. The visibility peak was also registered as a result of the statement that Nikusor Dan, USR Bucharest, PNL Bucharest and the “politician of sad memory” Ludovic Orbán are the sole culprits of the deplorable state Bucharest has reached.

#8 The 8th place is occupied by the Minister of the Interior, Lucian Bode, who has retained his position since May. The minister’s announcement was due to the days when there were discussions in the MAI about cases of drug use, statements about the opening of new checkpoints with Ukraine due to traffic jams at the border, statements about extradition. Elena Udrea, RO alert message sent late. In addition, a dispute in the halls of parliament with USR leader Cătălin Drula regarding the Decree amending the Road Traffic Rules also brought him visibility. The announcement of the installation of 600 fixed and mobile cameras to monitor traffic on the three busiest roads and fines for aggressive behavior also caught Lucian Bode’s attention. Another peak of visibility was registered by the minister on the day he announced that Paul from Romania, sentenced to 3 years and four months in prison in the Ferma Băneasa case and prosecuted on December 18, 2020, was arrested in Paris.

…and the rest:

With the number of references between 2000 and 2500, they are Minister of European Funds Marcel Bolosh and Minister of Labor Marcel Bolosh.

In the next positions (from 1617 to 1211 mentions) are Finance Minister Adrian Cachiu, Environment Minister Tanchos Barna, Foreign Affairs Minister Bohdan Aurescu, Development Minister Attila Ceke and Sports Minister Eduard Novak.

In the last places, with less than 1,000 mentions, are, in order, the Minister of Digitalization – Sebastian Burduja, the Minister of Culture – Lucian Romašcanu, the Minister of Tourism Daniel Cadariu, the Deputy Prime Minister Kelemen Hunor, the Minister of Economy. Florin Spataru and Minister of Justice Katalin Predoyu.