PNL leader Crin Antonescu interferes with ex-PNL president Calin-Popescu Tariceanu striking an alliance with the newly elect president Traian Basescu. Elsewhere in the news, the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania wants to govern, but only alongside PNL. Romania is looking for 1.2 billion euros to pay up salaries and pensions in January, the Romanian press reads. Last but not least, Moody's could modify Romania's rating from "stable" to "negative" if the IMF agreement doesn’t restart soon.
The Romanian press reads Liberal Party Crin Antonescu interferes with ex-PNL president Calin-Popescu Tariceanu striking an alliance with the newly elect president Traian Basescu. According to Evenimentul Zilei, Antonescu blocked the understanding made by Tariceanu and Basescu over the phone. Some local PNL leaders are allegedly making up the broken ties with PD-L, for fear they would remain in the opposition.
PD-L and PNL governed as coalition during Basescu's first presidential mandate, with Tariceanu as PM, but the alliance broke up. According to EVZ, Tariceanu called Basescu during the elections and informed his party members he wanted the party to govern, which was faced with criticism by the majority of his colleagues. Crin Antonescu told Tariceanu to inform Basescu that PNL's president changed and it is him the President should talk to.
Crin Antonescu has declared that he excludes any coalition with the lib-dems, but Tariceanu says a party is not bound only to a personal opinion. Tariceanu asked his colleagues not to decide exclusively based on their "hate for Basescu". He added that PNL must not be "PSD's puppy".
The Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) wants to govern, but alongside PNL, Romania Libera reads. UDMR did not seem thrilled about an alliance with the lib-dems. But party officials declared that they will
