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PNL, USR-PLUS and UDMR have reached a commitment to the formation of a government coalition, according to PRO TV News sources.
Thus, USR-PLUS accepts the option with Prime Minister Florin Cîțu and Ludovic Orban at the head of the Chamber of Deputies, in exchange for several ministries, a number almost equal to that of PNL.
The same coalition sources say that the government’s formula would be 8-7-3 (8 for PNL, 7 for USR-PLUS and 3 for UDMR). In addition to the large number of ministries, USR-PLUS would also receive significant portfolios with government approval. They are in question: financing, development and justice, which affirms USR-PLUS.
Dissatisfaction in NLP
Discontent arose in the PNL over the fact that Ludovic Orban insists on having the position of president of the Chamber of Deputies, and in negotiations with USR-PLUS and UDMR he leaves too many ministries to the partners, party sources told News. ro.
At the same time, with regard to the Ministry of Development, the president of the PNL would have asked Ion Ştefan to continue having the portfolio also in the future government, added the cited sources.
One of the options discussed on Friday in the PNL-USR PLUS-UDMR negotiations to form a government coalition includes eight ministries for the NLP, the liberals claim, among others, Defense, Foreign Relations, Finance, Justice and Transportation.
Six other portfolios would return to USR-PLUS, including Education, Health and Labor, but USR also wants Finance or Justice. The UDMR would have three ministries, including Communications and Agriculture, political sources told News.ro.
Thus, the cited sources affirm that PNL claims Defense, External, Internal, Justice, Development, Transportation, EU Funds and Finance.
In turn, the USR-PLUS Alliance would maintain the Health, Education, Culture, Energy / Economy, Labor, Environment portfolios.
USR-PLUS also wants Justice or Finance, but NLP doesn’t seem willing to give up either of them.
The UDMR would have the ministries of Agriculture, Communications and Youth and Sports.
Negotiations continue in Villa Lac
The leaders of PNL, USR PLUS and UDMR resumed on Friday the negotiations on the division of functions in the Government and from the leadership of Parliament, as well as on the government program.
The first vice president of NLP, Rareş Bogdan, declared upon his arrival: “It will be white smoke, today you will see white smoke. One hundred percent, we govern ”. He suggested that the talks, which take place over more than a week, will be a success.
Asked about the statements of the liberal leader, the leader of the USR, Dan Barna, joked: “I came with the sawdust in the trunk.”
Negotiations, which came to a standstill after Ludovic Orban proposed that he be prime minister, a solution initially contested in the party and not agreed to by USR PLUS, resumed on Thursday.
Ludovic Orban, Dan Barna and Kelemen Hunor gave a joint statement Thursday after a meeting to negotiate the formation of a governing coalition. The PNL leader said that the three parties decided to continue the talks, the USR leader specified that each party expressed its negotiating mandate and a certain flexibility, and the UDMR leader affirmed that all solutions are on the table from the point of view. from a political point of view.
“We have decided to continue the talks for the formation of a parliamentary majority that will lead to the investment of a Government. We have not set a deadline. We decided to continue the talks. We will communicate the outcome as agreement is reached on various issues. The variants are on the table, ”said Ludovic Orban.
Virtually each of the parties has now expressed its mandate. We are back at the negotiating table. The talks on the political aspect will continue tomorrow. At today’s meeting, each side expressed some flexibility in finding that common ground through which to form the coalition. We are available to find a solution that will really make a stable coalition, “Barna said Thursday afternoon.
The leader of the UDMR, Kelemen Hunor, said that all solutions remain on the table and is convinced that by the end of this year we will have no government.
“We will continue these discussions, because it is almost the only good solution for Romania and I am convinced that, in fact, this majority made up of PNL, USR-PLUS and UDMR is the only solution.” All solutions remain on the table from a political point of view and we will find a balance until the end of the negotiations at all levels: Parliament, Government. I am convinced that, by the end of the year, we will have a functioning Government, because our intention is to have a responsible government, an efficient, correct government and that the common good prevails. The rest, everything can be discussed and an agreement can be reached. All solutions remain on the table, we will find the best solution for Romania ”, added Kelemen Hunor.
