Now that the Traian Basescu was validated as President after the Constitutional Court decided to recount all void votes, politicians struggle to find a compromise and form a government. Elsewhere in the news, one newspaper reads that the IMF and EC delegations in Romania was just a sign of benevolence since Romania does not have government yet. Also at the EU level, the two projects presented by Romania claiming financing in Transports were rejected.

Cotidianul reads that President Basescu was validated for a new mandate by the Constitutional Court. The validation ceremony will take place on December 16, at 10 AM at the Constitutional Court.

Gandul on the other hand, focuses on how Basescu will manage to forge a minimal coalition in the Parliament to pass the new government needed. The paper reads that two Social Democratic deputies were seen leaving the headquarters of the Democrat Liberals, namely PSD deputies Tita and Turea.

Even if the Liberals announced that they are ready to negotiate with the Democrat Liberals, it seems that Basescu will manage without it. Unofficially, the majority is formed around the Democrat Liberals, with the support of the Hungarian Democrats, national minorities and of the independents.

The Democrat Liberals need 236 votes in the Parliament to validate their government and they managed to convince two Social Democratic Deputies to resign from the Social Democratic Party and endorse the new government.

Leaders of the minorities, Varujan Pambuccian declared that his group is ready to negotiate with the Democrat Liberals and that in his opinion, a Democrat Liberal government is going to form.

However, nothing is settled at the moment, and any betrayal from the Democrat Liberals will endanger the new government.

Elsewhere in the news, the IMF and the EC dele