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Mureșan Attacks PSD as Romania’s Government Talks Remain Deadlocked
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Mureșan Attacks PSD as Romania’s Government Talks Remain Deadlocked

From Adevărul · () Romanian

Translated from Romanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Siegfried Mureșan said the National Liberal Party wants to continue reforms begun by Ilie Bolojan, while the Social Democratic Party seeks to return to government.
  • Mureșan said the PNL would not support a PSD-controlled government and accused PSD of trying to attract individual liberal lawmakers.
  • He also argued that PSD had moved away from pro-European parties and blocked reforms linked to Romania’s recovery plan.

Siegfried Mureșan has accused Romania’s Social Democratic Party of looking at the country’s recent savings as money to be spent. His remarks came as political parties remained deadlocked over the formation of a new government.

“The National Liberal Party wants a government that continues the reforms begun by Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan, while the Social Democratic Party wants to return to government and do what it has always known how to do, in principle waste public money,” Mureșan said in an interview with Digi24. He added that PSD appeared eager to spend what Romanians had managed to save in recent months.

The PNL European Parliament member said PSD was trying to build a majority around a government it could control. He said the liberals would not vote for such an administration and thanked the Save Romania Union and the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania for supporting his candidacy.

The National Liberal Party wants a government that continues the reforms begun by Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan, while the Social Democratic Party wants to return to government and do what it has always known how to do, in principle waste public money.

— Siegfried MureșanMureșan contrasted the PNL’s stated reform agenda with his criticism of PSD.

“The National Liberal Party will not vote for a government controlled by PSD that would waste all the sacrifices made by Romanians in recent years,” Mureșan said. He compared the prospect to someone entering a cleaned house with muddy shoes.

Mureșan also accused PSD leaders of holding individual discussions with PNL members behind Bolojan’s back. He said those efforts had produced several refusals and that PSD had repeatedly based its strategy on splitting the liberal party. He further blamed PSD for moving away from pro-European parties and blocking recovery-plan reforms involving the National Integrity Agency, decarbonization and pay policy. In his view, the pro-European majority formed after the last parliamentary election no longer exists.

The National Liberal Party will not vote for a government controlled by PSD that would waste all the sacrifices made by Romanians in recent years.

— Siegfried MureșanHe ruled out PNL support for a PSD-controlled administration.
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Originally published by Adevărul in Romanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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