PNL secretary-general Robert Sighiartău outlined the difference between the old rotating premiership and the new governance formula liberals are now proposing in coalition talks.
PNL proposes "successive governments" instead of a rotating premiership within one cabinet.
Romania has had a caretaker government since 5 May; Parliament is on recess with no solution.
UDMR sets an informal end-of-July deadline for a new coalition agreement.
The former president says Romania is living through a cascade of constitutional breaches and that PSD and PNL are kept apart only by Grindeanu's personal animosity toward Bolojan.
Băsescu accuses president Nicușor Dan of bearing enormous constitutional responsibility for the crisis.
PSD–PNL split is personal, not programmatic — driven by Grindeanu's animosity toward Bolojan.
Romania remains without a full government as the 31 August PNRR deadline looms.
The former head of state criticises the handling of the political crisis, arguing that a third prime ministerial nomination would have opened the path to snap elections.
Băsescu: Dan abandoned the presidential role by stopping at two failed nominations.
The Constitution allows a third and fourth nomination with no obligation to call snap elections.
Bolojan's government has been in caretaker mode since 5 May; Băsescu says the constitutional limit is 45 days.
The former president claims the caretaker prime minister backed his own suspension in 2012 alongside PSD, and that his current distance from the party is pure electoral strategy.
Băsescu claims Bolojan actively supported his presidential suspension in 2012, alongside PSD.
The former president says Bolojan's current anti-PSD stance masks a presidential ambition.
Bolojan has led a caretaker government since 5 May 2026, after his cabinet fell to a censure motion.
Paolo Zampolli, Washington's special envoy for global partnerships, said he spoke by phone with Bucharest's Sector 4 mayor and praised the Romanian-American Friendship Park.
Zampolli, a Trump insider, praised the Sector 4 park named after the US president.
Mayor Daniel Băluță reportedly spoke by phone with the American envoy.
The episode has image value for Băluță but no confirmed institutional diplomatic content.
The European Parliament's vice-president urges action: the PNRR deadline is August 31st and Romania's caretaker government cannot make major decisions.
The PNRR deadline is August 31, 2026, with billions of euros at stake.
The caretaker government cannot make major decisions or commit significant expenditures.
Parliament is on recess since July 1st, with no accepted prime minister designate.
Romania's Justice Minister acknowledged that the caretaker government cannot address urgent judicial problems, deferring responsibility to a future cabinet.
Predoiu admits the caretaker government cannot deliver urgent judicial reforms.
Bolojan's cabinet has been caretaker since May 5; a new one needs 233 votes to be confirmed.
PNL, USR and UDMR are negotiating a minority cabinet, but no parliamentary majority is in sight.