PM Citu apparently remains President's choice for the prime minister position

07 September 2021

Romanian prime minister Florin Citu said that he is ready to "continue the dialogue" with the reformist USR-PLUS party and overcome the Government crisis, B1Tv reported. He confirmed that the budget revision would be endorsed by the executive on September 7 despite reformists pulling out of the Government.

After consulting with President Klaus Iohannis, PM Citu made clear that he is not ready to compromise but rather on the opposite - a rather striking position that can be interpreted only as a reflection of the robust support confirmed by President Iohannis.

There's only one way out of the political deadlock, and this is a centre-right coalition reached through negotiations, prime minister Florin Citu said after his meeting with President Klaus Iohannis.

In the week before, he dismissed a USR-PLUS minister (the second reformist minister dismissed overnight by PM Citu) and endorsed a controversial EUR 10 bln project opposed by USR-PLUS, actions hardly compatible with the dialogue.

PM Citu said that the dialogue is the solution President Iohannis and himself have advocated, stressing that he and the President share a common view of the current development.

"The solution is the same one that I proposed from the first moment, the dialogue. I am still willing to continue the dialogue. I believe that only a right-wing coalition can lead Romania today, this coalition with which we set off, we just have to sit at the table and talk," said the prime minister. 

(Photo: George Calin/ Inquam Photos)

andrei@romania-insider.com

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PM Citu apparently remains President's choice for the prime minister position

07 September 2021

Romanian prime minister Florin Citu said that he is ready to "continue the dialogue" with the reformist USR-PLUS party and overcome the Government crisis, B1Tv reported. He confirmed that the budget revision would be endorsed by the executive on September 7 despite reformists pulling out of the Government.

After consulting with President Klaus Iohannis, PM Citu made clear that he is not ready to compromise but rather on the opposite - a rather striking position that can be interpreted only as a reflection of the robust support confirmed by President Iohannis.

There's only one way out of the political deadlock, and this is a centre-right coalition reached through negotiations, prime minister Florin Citu said after his meeting with President Klaus Iohannis.

In the week before, he dismissed a USR-PLUS minister (the second reformist minister dismissed overnight by PM Citu) and endorsed a controversial EUR 10 bln project opposed by USR-PLUS, actions hardly compatible with the dialogue.

PM Citu said that the dialogue is the solution President Iohannis and himself have advocated, stressing that he and the President share a common view of the current development.

"The solution is the same one that I proposed from the first moment, the dialogue. I am still willing to continue the dialogue. I believe that only a right-wing coalition can lead Romania today, this coalition with which we set off, we just have to sit at the table and talk," said the prime minister. 

(Photo: George Calin/ Inquam Photos)

andrei@romania-insider.com

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