Four parties in the Romanian Parliament – the former \u201cgrand coalition\u201d of Social Democrats with Liberals, the versatile party of Hungarians UDMR and the reformist party USR, plus representatives of other ethnic minorities – announced on December 10 their \u201cfirm commitment\u201d to form a pro-European government.<\/p>\n
Chances are the new ruling coalition will be a mildly adjusted form of the former ruling coalition, despite the weaker scores received by the Social Democrats and the Liberals and the voters\u2019 frustration with the rising corruption and dysfunctional judiciary.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The four parties agreed that the new Government would set the calendar for the repeated presidential elections. The Constitutional Court confirmed President Klaus Iohannis\u2019 announcement about him staying in office as long as it takes, until a new president gets sworn in.<\/p>\n
The four parties\u2019 statement on December 10 is a weaker form of the agreement signed last week by the same parties, before the runoff in the presidential elections, when the coalition was announced as already accomplished and a sole, although unnamed, presidential candidate was agreed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This time, the parties announced that talks for the sketching of a joint ruling strategy will begin \u201cin the immediate days.\u201d The success of the negotiations is thus not guaranteed in any way. Depending on the negotiations, some parties may be let out of the coalition, and reformist USR is reportedly the first on the list.<\/p>\n
Separately, under ambiguous wording, the four parties agreed to back \u201ca possible sole presidential candidate.\u201d<\/p>\n
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