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President Klaus Iohannis congratulated the leaders of PNL, USR PLUS and UDMR for forming the coalition, in consultations Tuesday at the Cotroceni Palace. At the end of the talks, Klaus Iohannis announced that Florin Cițu is the designated prime minister.
UPDATE 19:05. President Klaus Iohannis announced that he has decided to nominate Florin Cîțu for the post of Prime Minister.
“I want to assure Romanians that I realize and know the difficult period Romania is going through and I want to assure them that I will do everything possible to have a stable and lasting government. During this period, Romania is going through a double crisis, a health crisis and an economic one. The role of this government is to get Romania out of the health crisis as quickly as possible, at the lowest possible cost for Romanians and to put the economy back on its feet, healthy, “said Florin Cîțu.
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“I present myself in front of you with a team of professionals. At the same time, each ministry and each minister will have clear objectives from the prime minister, which will be monitored on a quarterly basis. I will make sure these goals are achieved, ”he added.
“Last week, after the first round of consultations, I said that it still takes a few days for things to crystallize and have crystallized. A coalition of PNL, USR PLUS and UDMR demonstrated its majority in parliament. Today, the coalition leaders met and nominated a candidate for prime minister. I decided to nominate Mr. Florin Cîţu for the post of prime minister, “said Iohannis.
UPDATE 17:50 The consultations at the Cotroceni Palace have ended. President Klaus Iohannis will issue a press release at 7:00 p.m. announcing the name of the designated prime minister.
UPDATE 17:40 Klaus Iohannis speaks with representatives of national minorities. After consultations with the minority group, the Presidential Administration will announce press releases.
UPDATE at 16:40 President Klaus Iohannis’ consultations with GOLD leaders also ended. Before the consultations, party chairman George Simion stated that he would ask Klaus Iohannis to open schools urgently.
UPDATE 16:00 The talks between President Klaus Iohannis and the leaders of the PNL-USR PLUS-UDMR coalition ended.
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At the beginning of the consultations, the president congratulated them on the formation of a coalition and the “speed” with which Parliament was created.
“Congratulations on the formalization of the coalition, congratulations on the speed with which you managed to push forward the steps in Parliament, I recognize that this is the first time that I see a Parliament formed and with the elected leadership in a day and a little,” he said Klaus Iohannis to the coalition leaders. .
The parliamentary parties were invited to a new round of consultations at the Cotroceni Palace. The PSD should have been the first party to argue with Klaus Iohannis, but the Social Democrats rejected the invitation.
The three political parties that will form the majority, PNL-USR PLUS and UDMR participate together in the consultations. At the end of the talks, President Klaus Iohannis is expected to announce the name of the designated prime minister.
PSD President Marcel Ciolacu said on Tuesday, ahead of consultations called by President Klaus Iohannis, that the Social Democratic Party will not participate in the Cotroceni talks.
“PSD will not participate in the cheap circus led by President Iohannis. I made the decision that PSD will not appear today for consultations in Cotroceni,” Ciolacu declared.
PNL, USR PLUS and UDMR, the parties that support Florin Cîțu to become the future prime minister, attended together the consultations in the Cotroceni Palace to appoint the future chief executive. The delegation includes Florin Cîțu, Ludovic Orban, Dan Barna, Dacian Cioloș and Kelemen Hunor.
According to the calendar announced by the Cotroceni Palace, after discussions with the parties that make up the coalition, the president will also dialogue with the GOLD leaders, starting at 4:30 p.m. and with the leaders of the national minorities, starting at 17:30.
After the consultations, the president will announce the name of the designated prime minister.
Coalition leaders want the ministers of the new cabinet to be heard on Wednesday and the investiture vote to take place on Thursday, December 24.
Editing: Robert Kiss
