{"id":9410,"date":"2026-03-23T08:05:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T08:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9410"},"modified":"2026-03-23T08:05:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T08:05:16","slug":"romanian-social-democrats-weigh-coalition-future-amid-internal-consultations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9410","title":{"rendered":"Romanian Social Democrats weigh coalition future amid internal consultations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romania\u2019s Social Democratic Party (PSD) is yet to decide whether it will remain in the ruling coalition, with party leader <strong>Sorin Grindeanu<\/strong> announcing a new round of internal consultations to determine its position.<\/p>\n<p>Grindeanu said a meeting of the party\u2019s National Permanent Bureau would take place at the beginning of the week to establish a consultation calendar, after which a final decision on participation in government will be made.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll options are on the table,\u201d Grindeanu stated, while clarifying that PSD would neither support a minority government nor enter into an alliance with the opposition Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.ro\/politic-intern\/consultarea-interna-din-psd-grindeanu-luni-vom-avea-un-birou-permanent-national-si-vom-hotari-calendarul-psd-ul-nu-va-vota-un-guvern-minoritar-si-psd-ul-nu-va-face-alianta-cu-aur-1922400520002026031422384900?mc_cid=811dac25f1&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\" target=\"_blank\">News.ro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts noted that a potential withdrawal from the coalition could trigger snap elections, a scenario seen as both time-consuming and costly. However, such an outcome is also considered unlikely given recent opinion polls, which suggest AUR could secure around 35% of the vote and emerge as the largest party in parliament, with some earlier surveys indicating even stronger support.<\/p>\n<p>Grindeanu also announced he would travel to Brussels during the week for meetings with representatives of the Party of European Socialists (PES), including European Council President Ant\u00f3nio Costa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will explain to them how we are doing, with the pluses and minuses of the coalition, and that we will enter into this internal evaluation,\u201d Grindeanu said, adding that the party would present its consultation timetable and decision-making schedule in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: Inquam Photos\/George Calin)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romania\u2019s Social Democratic Party (PSD) is yet to decide whether it will remain in the ruling coalition, with party leader Sorin Grindeanu announcing a new round of internal consultations to determine its position. Grindeanu said a meeting of the party\u2019s National Permanent Bureau would take place at the beginning of the week to establish a [&hellip;]<\/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-9410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9410","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=9410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9410\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}