"The impossible alliance" is one step away from becoming reality: Democrat Liberals (PD-L) and Social Democrats (PSD) are close to signing a deal to form the Government together, despite the open conflict between the parties during the past years.

After an entire mandate in which PSD accused PD-L of using the anti-graft prosecution office (DNA) to destroy its leaders, the two parties are close to forming an alliance. "Greed won in front of hate", Evenimentul Zilei reads. Despite the opposition of important PSD leaders, the party decided to accept to form the Government with PD-L, the same newspaper reads, adding that PSD leader Mircea Geoana gave up to the pressure of "local barons" (PSD leaders in the territory, commonly known for "owning" their political circumscriptions).

Also in Evenimentul Zilei, PD-L leader Emil Boc says that his party is only looking for a wide Parliamentarian support for the future Government, mainly because of the challenges Romania is about to face during the economic crisis. Boc added that negotiations with the Liberals are not over and that he "expected a call' from the Liberal leader, PM Calin Popescu Tariceanu.

PD-L offered PNL a vice prime minister seat and the House of Deputies Speaker office, but Liberals insist that they should name the prime minister. The latest statement of Tariceanu was that Liberals are prepared to move to the Opposition, that the door is still open for negotiations and that his party still refuses to make any major compromise.

Meanwhile, president Traian Basescu seems to quit waiting for the parties to negotiate and announced that he will name a prime minister on Wednesday, so that the new Government would be functional before Christmas, Gandul reads.

The Hungarian Democrats, first rejected by PSD as possible ally in the future government may still have