PNL spokesman Jonutz Stroe says the liberal team’s negotiating mandate for the discussions that will continue in the coalition remains unchanged, that mandate is “strictly about the election calendar and the possibility of organizing these elections together or not.” , reports News.ro.

“We must not propose anything, just as no one can force the National Liberal Party to accept or support candidates outside the PNL,” says Jonutz Stroe.

“On Sunday, the National Council was supposed to approve the proposal of the PNL leadership regarding the election calendar for this year. Since there is currently no solution within the coalition, the organization of this National Council was postponed or postponed to a later date. This will be the moment when we convene the National Council, when we will have a conclusion within the coalition either to organize several elections at the same time or according to a calendar that practically follows the current terms,” ​​Ionuts Stroe said on Tuesday. in the evening, at the final meeting of the National Political Bureau of the PNL.

In response to some questions, he stated that negotiations with the PSD are no longer discussed at the PNL leadership forum, saying that the mandate of the PNL team involved in discussions within the coalition has not changed.

“The only certainty is the date of the elections to the European Parliament”

“The mandate of the negotiation group is the same, in fact, we instructed the PNL representatives to set the election calendar. Period, no more. (…) We must not propose anything, just as no one can force the National Liberal Party to accept or support candidates outside the PNL. The mandate he started with from here was one that was strictly about the election calendar and the possibility of organizing these elections together or not. (…) This is strictly related to the election calendar,” added Straw.

He stated that the mandate of the PNL negotiating team does not apply to alliances.

According to him, “the only certainty is the date of the elections to the European Parliament”, and the dates of other elections must be determined.

“From our point of view, it’s a little late. I do not think we can afford to go to the twelfth hour with this decision, whether they are united or not, the election must be fixed. The president of the PNL said that Friday should be the deadline to establish this, it is very likely that the weekend will be the period when it will be concluded. The negotiating team did not give us details on how the negotiations within the coalition developed, instead they assured us that they are ongoing,” said Ionutz Stroe.

“We can assume 17%-18% on June 9 without unification

Before the coalition meeting, the liberals made calculations regarding the account for the elections to the European Parliament without merging with local elections. According to HotNews.ro sources, the PNL leaders have agreed not to give in to their partners’ request to support a joint PSD presidential candidate.

“We can assume 17%-18% on June 9 without unification. We must unite the ranks around Nikolay Chuke, no matter what happens,” this is the conclusion reached by PNL leaders after unsuccessful negotiations with PSD.

Unofficially, both liberals and social democrats claim that the chances of a positive outcome of the negotiations are minimal, and if the decision remains unchanged, then “all elections will be on time.”

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