In Romania, the currently ruling Social Democrats (PSD), Liberals (PNL), liberal-progressive reform party USR, the Hungarian Association (UDMR) and the minority faction consisting of 19 ethnic minorities agreed on a pro-European majority late on Wednesday evening. . After several hours of negotiations, the parties announced that the coalition agreement would be taken up immediately.
Together, the five pro-European factions have about 65 percent and therefore a strong majority in the Bucharest parliament. The new majority also declared its determination to form a “cordon sanitary” around the three right-wing extremist parties AUR, SOS Romania and POT.
The extreme right grew strongly
The far right had become significantly stronger as a result of the parliamentary elections on December 1 – the right-wing national AUR emerged from the general elections as the second strongest force, while the two small parties SOS and POT immediately cleared the five percent parliamentary hurdle conquered road.
It is not yet clear who the parliamentary groups want to nominate to President Klaus Johannis as future head of government during their consultations.
“Decisive moment”
The five factions announced on Wednesday evening that they were aware of both their responsibility for the country and the “decisive moment”, given the latest intelligence findings about the enormous Russian influence, especially in the first round of the presidential elections on November 24. .
Presidential elections likely in the spring
The Romanian Constitutional Court (VG) eventually ordered repeat elections. The presidential elections are therefore expected to take place in the spring.
Source: Krone
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