Viorica Dancila

Dismissed Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said Monday that the preparations for the presidential elections are on schedule, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) has sent abroad the necessary materials for the election. "We have followed in detail the organization of the ballot for the election of the President of Romania, so as to ensure that citizens can exercise their right to vote.

Social Democratic Party (PSD) candidate in the presidential elections Viorica Dancila stated on Sunday in Marasesti that the MPs who vote on Monday for the investiture of the Orban Government would have to justify for being part of a programme directed against the Romanians.

A delegation made up of representatives of the miners who are protesting on Sunday, for the seventh consecutive day, in the underground of Paroseni and Uricani coal mines in Jiu Valley is expected on Monday morning at the Victoria Governmental Palace and, afterwards, at the Energy Ministry headquarters, in the attempt to find a solution to the miners' demands.

Dismissed Prime Minister Viorica Dancila stated on Saturday, in Arad county, that the "traitors" from the Social Democratic Party (PSD) who will participate, on Monday, in the vote in Parliament for the Orban Government, "should go to the scissors party the next day" 'and not be with the Social Democrats anymore'.

The Social Democratic Party (PSD) candidate for the Presidency of Romania, Viorica Dancila, said on Friday, in western Timisoara, that she is an ardent pro-European and that she appreciates all those who speak foreign languages, but some Romanians very easily say in English, in Brussels, "what Brussels wants to hear." She was asked by a journalist to give an answer to a question in English.

Ousted Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said in Timisoara on Friday that Romania will not overshot its 2019 government deficit target, contrary to public statements made by opposition leaders.

Dismissed Prime Minister Viorica Dancila rebutted, on Thursday, in northwestern Oradea, the information appearing in the media regarding a third rejection of the Government's proposal for European Commissioner. "The European Commissioner was not rejected yet.

European Commission President-elect Ursula Von der Leyen on Tuesday rejected the fourth candidate proposed by Romania to represent it on the new Commission - whose constitution is being delayed by the problems in finding a suitable Romanian member.

The Colectiv tragedy remains a "difficult" lesson, "a deep wound" in the memory of Romanians that requires a strong sense of responsibility on the part of all, dismissed Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said on Wednesday. "October 30, 2015 has gone down in our memory as one of the saddest days, when the destinies of dozens of young people were ended.

Romania's interim prime minister Viorica Dancila announced on Tuesday that she is nominating former minister and ex-MEP Victor Negrescu as the country's new candidate for the next European Commission after Brussels refused Bucharest's three previous nominations for the post.