Bucharest (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – Romania’s pro-European parties formed a majority government, excluding far-right nationalists, to focus on development, reforms, and a pro-European president.
Romania’s pro-European forces consented on 11 Dec 2024 to compose a majority government formed of parties that were traditionally on opposing sides and excluded far-right nationalists who made substantial progress in the election.
In the Romanian election on 1 Dec 2024, pro-Western parties succeeded in the most votes, with the leftist Social Democratic Party, surpassing the polls. As reported by AP News, the leftist Social Democratic Party achieved an arrangement to form a grand alliance with the centre-right National Liberal Party, the reformist Save Romania Union party, and the little ethnic Hungarian UDMR party.Â
How will the new Romanian government address development and reforms?
A declaration from the new alliance expressed the parties would potentially back a “common pro-European candidate” in the latest presidential vote.
“In the coming days, the four groups and the representatives of the national minorities will perform on a joint governing program, concentrating on development and reforms, while managing the priorities of Romanian nationals,”
the coalition statement stated.
What challenges does Romania face after the presidential election crisis?
In the first round of the Romanian presidential election, Calin Georgescu, a far-right outsider, had won. His shock success tumbled the European Union and NATO member nations into convulsion as allegations of electoral breaches and Russian interference occurred.
Before the run of the Dec. 8 presidential election, the Constitutional Court made the unusual move to cancel the presidential vote.
Outgoing President Klaus Iohannis stated a new date for the rerun presidential vote would be established once the new coalition has taken office. Elena Lasconi, the head of USR who was designated to confront Georgescu in the nullified presidential runoff, expressed after the contract was reached that “Romania is going through a very difficult” period and that slashing state spending and decreasing bureaucracy would be characteristic of the new governing agenda.
