Traian Basescu ready to run for a second term as Romania’s president

Romania’s president, Traian Basescu, today announced that he will submit his candidacy for the presidential election. He thanked Democrat-Liberal Party (PD-L) members for their support and said them he’s confident he would win the coming polls.

President Basescu added the he will no longer summon the opposition political parties for consolations as for nominating Romania's PM and said that the true reason for dismissing the Boc Government – following a no-confidence vote -- was the senators and deputies' wish to avoid a referendum for a single-chambered Parliament.

"I will write it back at them", was President Basescu's reaction after the opposition MPs voted in favour of supporting Klaus Johannis, Sibiu's mayor, for the premiership on Wednesday morning. The Liberal-Democrats (who still run the interim Cabinet) gathered on Wednesday morning, after 10 a.m. for a Managing Council meeting. President Traian Basescu took part as well. PD-L is the only party to have announced its support for Lucian Croitoru as Romania's future PM.

"We have the urgent need to attract the 3.5 million euros missing from the budget in November and December", Basescu added, insisting that the political crisis needed a quick solution.

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Earlier, this month, EPP’s President Joseph Daul said: “a courage government as the Boc government should have been maintained”

A courageous government such as the Boc government should have been maintained, European Popular Party President Joseph Daul declared. Referring to the Romanian political climate, Daul said that the executive lead by Emil Boc proved its courage and has positive reviews, at a difficult time for Romania.

Boc's government launched the state's reform, maintained Romania's economic stability and balanced the state's salary system and budgetary pensions, Daul said. He added that the pensions law was received with hostility by those priviledged, directly affected by it.

EPP President declared that he is convinced that such a courageous government should have been maintained because it is the only way reforms can move forward to modernize Romania and protect the population.

Daul expressed his regret that the government was dismised. The EPP group is the biggest political group in the European Parliament with 265 members.