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Talks to form coalition government start in Romania

Pro-western parties in Romania start talks to form coalition gov’t by year-end

17:29, 10.12.2024
  ej/pk;
Pro-western parties in Romania start talks to form coalition gov’t by year-end Talks started in Romania on Tuesday between pro-western parties seeking to form a coalition government, with party representatives predicting an administration would be in place by the end of the year.

Talks started in Romania on Tuesday between pro-western parties seeking to form a coalition government, with party representatives predicting an administration would be in place by the end of the year.

Romania’s Pro-EU parties have formed an alliance in an effort to sideline the extreme right. Photo: Andrei Pungovschi/Getty Images
Romania’s Pro-EU parties have formed an alliance in an effort to sideline the extreme right. Photo: Andrei Pungovschi/Getty Images

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One of the new government’s priority tasks will be organizing fresh presidential elections, after November’s first-round vote was annulled by the constitutional court over allegations of Russian meddling.

The Social Democratic Party (PSD) finished first in a December 1 parliamentary ballot, followed by the far-right Alliance for the Unification of Romanians (AUR), the National Liberal Party (PNL) and the reformist Save Romania Union (USR). Pro-EU parties have formed an alliance in an effort to sideline the extreme right.

The acting head of the PNL, Ilie Bolojan, said on Monday that a new government would be in place in Bucharest by the end of the year and also expressed hope that a stable pro-European parliamentary majority would be formed.

“I hope we will have a government with broad parliamentary support to implement necessary reforms,” Bolojan was quoted by the Romania-Insider news site as saying.

PSD spokesperson Lucian Romaşcanu said a new government would be finalized soon after December 21, adding that it was premature to talk about ministerial roles.

Once the new parliament has been sworn in, the president will nominate a prime minister following consultations with parliamentary parties. The prime minister-designate will then propose ministers and a program of government.