Blaga: Today we signed the birth certificate of the largest center-right party

PDL chairman Vasile Blaga has stated on Saturday at the Parliament Palace that the approval for the merger between the Democrat Liberal Party (PDL) and the National Liberal Party (PNL) is not the restoration of the Truth and Justice Alliance, of the Romanian Democratic Convention (CDR) or of the Social Liberal Union (USL), but the signing of the birth certificate of the largest center-right party in the modern history of Romania.

"We stand here together, members of the PNL and PDL, from all around the country, we stand here in such a great numbers, together after so long, in the name of an important objective. Our meeting has a historical mission. They are not big words, we can all feel it. What we are building today is not the Second Truth and Justice Alliance, it is not the Second CDR, it is not even the Second USL, so Ponta's propaganda can stop exhausting itself for no reason. Today we have signed together the birth certificate of the largest center-right party in the modern history of Romania.", said Vasile Blaga, co-chairman of the Liberal Christian Alliance PNL-PDL.

He added that the PDL-PNL merger is a political project for Romanians, that will bring the full integration of Romania into the European Union.

"And this new party, I am convinced, will send PSD [Social Democrat Party] into opposition and will elevate Romania to the ranks of the powerful and respected states of the European Union", said the Democrat Liberal leader.

Blaga stated that it is of no secret to anyone that "the future president of Romania is in this chamber".

"In a few days we will decide together who is the joint candidate of the two parties in the presidential elections in the autumn. From the moment we have decided together who the...