Pro-European alliance in the future parliament
The Social Democratic Party, the National Liberal Party, the Save Romania Union, the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania and national minorities have decided to form a pro-European parliament coalition
Roxana Vasile, 05.12.2024, 13:50
The Social Democratic Party, the National Liberal Party, the Save Romania Union, the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania and national minorities other than the Hungarian signed, on Wednesday, a joint resolution in which they commit to form a coalition in the future Parliament of the country following the December 1 elections. ʹWe must overcome the wave of hatred that has been grinding us for 20 years and focus, together, on a great national goal – the continuation of Romania’s European development path! This is what Romanians are expecting from us, both those who live in the country and those who live in the West and who have shown us, through their recent vote, that we must continue to build a strong and dignified state, capable of fighting for the rights of the Romanians, stated the Social-Democratic leader and prime minister in office, Marcel Ciolacu.
“The coalition is for the stability and modernization of Romania for the benefit of all citizens”, the Liberal interim president, Ilie Bolojan also pointed out, reaffirming, on behalf of all the signatory parties, that they will maintain and strengthen Romania’s commitment to European and Euro-Atlantic values and partnerships, as pillars of security and national prosperity. Also, the president of UDMR, Kelemen Hunor, has stated that this coalition also aims to isolate those forces considered extremist, which have an ideology unsuitable for Romanian society. “It is gratifying that no party wants to associate with AUR and SOS”, said Kelemen Hunor.
All eyes are, of course, now focused on the extremely tense second round of the presidential elections, as the head of state is the one who, after consultations with all the political parties in parliament, designates the one who will form a Government. The interim leader of the PNL, Ilie Bolojan, urged all Romanian citizens to vote informed and rationally in the next election, to choose a pro-European, democratic and safe Romania and to reject isolationism, extremism and populism. “Going forward – the UDMR leader also said, x-raying the current political situation – we must, however, find those formulas and, of course, those public projects through which we can respond to society’s expectations. I want to believe that both PNL and PSD have understood the message of the people and do not want the continuation of what they have done in the last year and a half.’
Government partners, seeming to have finally found that common element that united them, at the expense of the one that had deeply divided them in the past, the two, however, have put into operation their arsenal of fierce political struggle before the presidential and parliamentary elections. And between USR and PSD there has been a lot of grudge and resentment for years. Now, through the parliamentary coalition they agreed on, all these political forces say they now want to send an important message to society. (MI)
