Romania’s President encourages emergence of minority government with limited mandate

After he appointed first a second-tier politician to form a government of technocrats, then a third-tier politician to take over one of the country’s oldest political parties – both candidates designed as interfaces for a Social Democrat government – Romanian President Nicusor Dan gave in on June 23 and delegated to the parliamentary parties the mission of identifying a parliamentary majority to support the short–term key national priorities.

At the outset of the political crisis some 45 days ago, President Dan announced that such a consensus on the key national priorities existed – and President Dan mentioned it as grounds for the new political construction – but further developments seriously challenged this statement.