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Dan opens consultations at Cotroceni. A technocrat government on the table

On Monday, May 18, parliamentary parties queue up at Cotroceni. The president wants a guaranteed majority before naming any candidate for prime minister.

  • Dan demands a guaranteed majority before naming any prime ministerial candidate.
  • A technocrat government is emerging as a compromise option among parties.
  • PNL and USR rule out a coalition with PSD, deepening the political deadlock.

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Rareș Bogdan: Bucharest officials don't grasp the new geopolitical game

The PNL MEP warns that Romania is losing strategic ground due to a lack of vision among domestic decision-makers.

  • Bogdan accuses Bucharest decision-makers of lacking geopolitical vision.
  • Romania has a valuable strategic position but fails to exploit it, the MEP argues.
  • The domestic political crisis — caretaker government, no premier designated — amplifies external vulnerability.

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Who's going to Cotroceni on Monday: incomplete delegations, notable absences

Parties are announcing their delegations for Monday's consultations with Nicușor Dan, but gaps and absences already raise questions before talks begin.

  • Cotroceni consultations begin Monday at 09:00 with all parliamentary parties.
  • PNL and PSD arrive with incomplete delegations; USR has not announced its team.
  • Nicușor Dan says he will only designate a PM once a guaranteed majority exists.

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AUR sets ultimatum: party picks the PM, or no government support

Deputy leader Dan Dungaciu says the nationalist party will back a new cabinet only if it controls the prime ministerial nomination.

  • AUR ties its parliamentary support to the right to name the prime minister.
  • Dungaciu confirmed the party already has a governance project sketched out publicly.
  • President Dan's formal consultations with all parties begin Monday at 09:00.

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Miruță: military pensions unchanged, caretaker government cannot push major reforms

Romania's interim Defence Minister confirmed that pension reform scenarios were reviewed at the ministry, but the caretaker government is legally barred from enacting them.

  • The military pension calculation method will not be changed during the current period.
  • The Defence Ministry reviewed retirement-age scenarios but reached no concrete decision.
  • The Bolojan caretaker government lacks the legal authority to enact structural reforms.

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Defence Minister suspects backroom interests in SAFE programme: "Politicians are among them"

The minister alleges that interest groups with political ties are attempting to steer contracts within the EU's joint defence procurement programme.

  • Defence Minister alleges interest groups, including politicians, are influencing the SAFE programme.
  • Romania aims for 60% of SAFE-funded armament production to be carried out domestically.
  • Accusations were made publicly but without names or supporting evidence.

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Minister Darău on a PNL-USR local alliance: "Extremely difficult"

As presidential consultations on a new prime minister loom, a Liberal minister throws cold water on the prospect of closer ties with USR, even at local level.

  • Minister Darău effectively rules out a PNL-USR local alliance for now.
  • The Bolojan government has been in caretaker mode since the 5 May no-confidence vote.
  • Presidential consultations on naming a new prime minister begin Monday, 18 May.

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Miruță: Romania's Army Needs People First, Not Just Military Hardware

The Defence Minister outlined the army's procurement priorities while stressing that human resources remain the critical factor, alongside the acquisition of F-35s, Patriots, HIMARS and Abrams tanks.

  • Miruță: trained personnel are the army's top priority, ahead of military technology.
  • Romania is acquiring F-35s, Patriots, HIMARS and Abrams tanks under NATO commitments.
  • Chronic recruitment and retention shortfalls remain an unresolved structural problem.

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Miruță on the SAFE programme: "It started to bother people that a foreigner comes to Romania with his own money and produces here"

The interim Defence Minister pushes back against critics of foreign investment in Romania's defence industry, pointing to 21 rearmament programmes with a legal obligation for domestic production.

  • 21 rearmament programmes legally require production to take place on Romanian territory.
  • Miruță describes defence factories as derelict: broken roofs, vegetation growing inside.
  • The minister backs foreign investment as the only realistic alternative to industrial abandonment.

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USR open to a technocrat prime minister: "It depends on the person and the mandate"

Radu Mirută, acting Defence Minister and USR leader, says such a formula could be accepted by all parties — but with clear conditions attached.

  • Mirută (USR): a technocrat PM is acceptable if the person and mandate are right.
  • Presidential consultations with all parliamentary parties begin Monday, 18 May.
  • PNL and USR rule out coalition with PSD; PSD rules out alliance with AUR.

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