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Dragoș Benea, a Romanian MEP and PSD vice-president, stated that the proposed territorial reform will include both communes and counties. He emphasized the need to address county reconfiguration for the reform to be effective. Benea cited examples from countries like Denmark and Estonia as inspirations for the reform. He mentioned the possibility of reorganizing counties based on the model of the 15 Courts of Appeal in Romania, although he refrained from specifying a number of counties post-reform. Additionally, he discussed scenarios for merging small localities, particularly those with populations below 3,000, and cities failing to meet the legal threshold of 10,000 inhabitants.