In the future government, PSD will have 7 ministers, PNL four, USR three and UDMR two, according to sources inside the negotiations for the formation of the future executive. The new government could be installed around December 23, given that President Klaus Iohannis has summoned the new Parliament for December 20.
There are also discussions between the four parties regarding the return of Research and Innovation to the Ministry of National Education. The four parties have also agreed to a reduction in the number of state secretaries within the future government.
The common presidential candidate issue
At the time of the formation of the coalition, the four parties started discussions on a common candidate to represent the “pro-European camp” in the presidential elections.
According to sources from the negotiations, the parties established as a rule that this candidate should not be one of the current party presidents, namely Marcel Ciolacu, Ilie Bolojan, Elena Lasconi or Kelemen Hunor.
PSD, PNL, USR, UDMR and the group of national minorities signed on December 4, after the first round of the presidential elections, a pact for a pro-European and Euro-Atlantic coalition. Based on this agreement, the leaders of the four parties are negotiating an agreement to form a government that does not include radical right-wing parties.
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