Romania’s PSD to set negotiating mandate before Nicușor Dan names new prime minister

Romania’s Social Democratic Party will gather in Sinaia on Monday to decide how it will approach negotiations with President Nicușor Dan over the formation of a new government.

The PSD’s National Political Council will meet at 11 a.m., followed by a meeting of the party’s parliamentary groups at 3 p.m. The party said it would hold a news conference after the first meeting. Its leaders will establish the mandate for talks at the Cotroceni Palace, where Dan is expected to consult parties again at the beginning of September.

According to Mediafax sources, the president may propose a prime minister who is formally independent of political parties but would lead a PSD government. The party is also due to discuss legislative priorities for the parliamentary session beginning Tuesday, including bills left unfinished during the summer’s extraordinary sessions. One of them is public-sector wage legislation, which the PSD itself boycotted.

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After the two nominations, I realized there was no chance of a majority during the recess.

Dan said he had delayed making another nomination during the parliamentary recess because he did not believe a majority existed to approve a government. He said Romania now needed a government before his planned trip to the United Nations summit in New York, while acknowledging that several formulas remained possible and that he did not yet see sufficient support for one option.

“After the two nominations, I realized there was no chance of a majority during the recess,” Dan said. He added that he believed the parties could find a stable majority after new consultations at the start of September.

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I believe we will find a majority for a stable government.