(9 Feb 2012) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of new government ministers entering hall of Presidential Palace filing past Romania's new prime minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu (on right with glasses)
2. Wide of Romanian President Traian Basescu entering room
3. Cutaway low angle shot of camera
4. Basescu listening to national anthem
5. Mid of Ungureanu and cabinet members listening to national anthem
6. Cutaway of camera
7. Ungureanu taking an oath
8. Ungureanu signing the oath
9. Mid of Ungureanu shaking hands with Basescu and, not knowing the protocol, being instructed to shake hands with colleagues AUDIO: laughter
10. SOUNDNBITE (Romanian) Traian Basescu, Romanian President:
"I would say that it's about time that your generation should rise and I want to underline this at your swearing in ceremony, the most important thing that can happen to Romania right now is that you, the young ones, succeed in your actions "
11. Various of the new cabinet members listening to the president.
12. Cutaway photographer
13. Mid of Ungureanu and his cabinet members shaking hands with members of the former cabinet
STORYLINE
The new government of Romania was promptly sworn in on Thursday after the country's Parliament approved a cabinet led by a former spy chief.
Prime Minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu's government was presented at a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Bucharest.
The change of government became necessary on Monday, when Emil Boc, who had served as Romania's prime minister since 2008, suddenly resigned following weeks of widespread protests over the austerity measures and declining living standards.
The nation's ruling coalition hopes its popularity will be improved by the 43-year-old Ungureanu and his new Cabinet before parliamentary elections later this year.
But that may not be easy.
Lawmakers voted 237-2 to approve Ungureanu and his Cabinet on Thursday, but the opposition boycotted the vote, and later said it would contest the new government at the Constitutional Court, citing flaws in the validation process of ministers.
The new government was swiftly sworn in after the vote before Romanian President Traian Basescu, who said the Cabinet, with many young ministers, sends a strong signal that it's time for the younger generation to change politics.
"I would say that it's about time that your generation should rise and I want to underline this at your swearing in ceremony, the most important thing that can happen to Romania right now is that you, the young ones, succeed in your actions," Basescu said.
Basescu said he expects more transparency and reforms from the new government.
He also praised Boc's former one, saying its hard work and unpopular measures have stabilised Romania's economy.
Ungureanu's Cabinet has seven ministers from the previous Cabinet, but new, younger ones for the key portfolios of economy, finance, interior ministry and agriculture.
Critics have claimed that the newly appointed ministers, largely unknown to the public, may act as puppets of the former ministers.
Some Romanians are also wary about Ungureanu because of his career as a spy chief in a country with seven intelligence services and no
foreign enemies.
Ungureanu resigned as head of Romania's foreign intelligence service on Wednesday evening after he was appointed prime minister-designate.
Romania is expected to hold parliamentary elections in November.
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