Presidential choice on Sunday: the interim prime minister could continue to act. He has good relationships with Austria, an important partner of Romania.
Turbulent times in Romania. Interimistic President Ilie Bolojan recently appointed the Liberal Minister of the Interior Cealth as head of the Government Head after Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu resigned after the debacle of the elections. Predoiu will at least exercise the office until after the drainage of the presidency on Sunday. After the commitment of the new president, he will be saved again the government mandate.
Does Romania remain a reliable partner?
It could be that the smart and easy lawyer Predoiu continues. This is also not uninteresting for Austria. Last but not least, it was the good knowledge between Preoiu and the counterpart Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) of Austria, which led to the decrease in the relationship between the two countries. As is known, Austria had taken a veto against the accession of Romania in the Schengen.
This is now over. The “Kroon” is in contact with the Romanian Prime Minister. He says that, despite the recent turbulence, Romania will remain a reliable partner. “It will remain a resilient democracy based on European-Atlantic values.”
Good contacts with Karner and Brunner
With Karner he had good communication in the fight against illegal migration with good results for both countries, including Schengen solution. Predoiu also emphasizes the very good contacts with the Commissioner of Austria for migration, Magnus Brunner. “Romania and Austria not only have common interests in immigration, but especially with finance/banking and energy.”
“Great success story for Austria”
Cornelius Granig, head of the Austria Romania Institute, says: “Romania needs Europe. And Europe needs Romania. This also applies to us in Austria because the two countries are closely related.” Many Romanians live and work in Austria. Conversely, Austria is in second place in Romania. Granig: “Romania had been a great success story for our economy for a long time.”
The result of the first round of the presidential election caused a real earthquake in the political center of the country. In any case, Catalin Predoiu, as Minister of Justice and the Interior, has considerably provided measures in the field of corruption control and strengthening safety in Romania. He can continue to do this – as a prime minister.
Source: Krone
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