Romanian president Nicu\u0219or Dan said on Monday, May 18, that consultations with parliamentary parties on appointing a new prime minister will continue until a \u201csolid pro-Western majority\u201d capable of supporting a government is formed. The statement came after a full day of talks at the Cotroceni Palace, where Romania\u2019s main political parties outlined conflicting positions on possible governing coalitions.<\/p>\n
In a statement released after the consultations, president Dan said party delegations had presented their political conditions and willingness to participate in government or support a future cabinet.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will continue the series of consultations until a solid, pro-Western majority formula crystallizes,\u201d the president said<\/a>, calling on political parties to show \u201cresponsibility and maturity\u201d and reach \u201ca common denominator, with coherent formulas and viable proposals.\u201d<\/p>\n The consultations, which are expected to continue this week, follow the collapse of the Liberal-led government<\/a> headed by Ilie Bolojan earlier this month through a no-confidence motion backed by the Social Democratic Party (PSD), a former partner in the so-called pro-European ruling coalition, and the far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), which is in opposition.<\/p>\n During Monday\u2019s talks, PSD reiterated that it would not support another Bolojan-led cabinet, while George Simion said AUR is prepared to enter government and requested a mandate to form a cabinet.<\/p>\n At the same time, Ilie Bolojan\u2019s National Liberal Party (PNL) said it would no longer support or participate in a government alongside PSD, including under a technocratic prime minister, further complicating coalition negotiations. President Nicu\u0219or Dan has been among those who referred to the possibility of appointing a technocratic prime minister, which he said is \u201ca scenario with chances.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n Dominic Fritz, the head of the Save Romania Union (USR), also said on Monday that his party would move into opposition if PSD succeeds in forming a majority, arguing there is no longer enough trust for a joint government with the Social Democrats.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Kelemen Hunor, the leader of the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania\u00a0(UDMR), said the most stable option would be a transparent parliamentary majority supporting the next government, while warning that a minority cabinet backed by AUR would not be sustainable.<\/p>\n Any future government will require at least 233 votes in Parliament to secure approval. The\u00a0government led by Ilie Bolojan continues to serve in an interim capacity with limited powers until a new executive is formed.<\/p>\n irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n (Photo source: Presidency.ro)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Romanian president Nicu\u0219or Dan said on Monday, May 18, that consultations with parliamentary parties on appointing a new prime minister will continue until a \u201csolid pro-Western majority\u201d capable of supporting a government is formed. The statement came after a full day of talks at the Cotroceni Palace, where Romania\u2019s main political parties outlined conflicting positions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10211\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}