Klaus Iohannis

PM Ponta: Iohannis is a poor copy of Basescu; he has no idea about Romania's GDP

Prime Minister Victor Ponta, the candidate in the presidential elections of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) - the National Union for Romania's Progress (UNPR) - the Conservative Party (PC) Alliance on Tuesday evening said that Liberal Klaus Iohannis was a 'poor' copy of Traian Basescu and that he had no idea about economic data such as the country's GDP or the budget deficit.

Iohannis: Merkel will not come to Romania during electoral campaign, but after I become president

Liberal head Klaus Iohannis, running for president of Romania in this Sunday's polls, said on Tuesday that German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not come to Romania for the electoral campaign, as having been circulated, but she will visit Bucharest after he becomes president.

Candidate Diaconescu considers he stands a chance to make it to presidential runoff

The presidential candidate of Dan Diaconescu - People's Party (PP-DD), Dan Diaconescu said on Tuesday in Drobeta Turnu Severin (south-western Romania) that "if the electors go to the polls on Sunday, November 2, he will get over 1.5 million votes," and with this result, he believes he can make it to the presidential runoff.

PNL's Gorghiu: Despite Ponta's, Basescu's pressure, justice takes its course

The Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL) took note of the decision issued by the High Court of Cassation and Justice to reject the request from the National Integrity Agency (ANI) regarding an earlier court term for the case of Klaus Iohannis, and noticed that despite the pressure exerted through public statements both by Prime Minister Victor Ponta, President Traian Basescu and the S

PM's counsellor Socol: Presidential candidate Iohannis dangerously lies about taxes

Prime minister's counsellor Cristian Socol says presidential candidate Klaus Iohannis of the Christian Liberal Alliance is 'acting dangerously' when mentioning the possibility of progressive income tax being reintroduced and of taxes being raised in 2015.

Ponta: Our objective is getting at least 37.5 pct of votes in first round

Prime Minister Victor Ponta, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) - the National Union for Romania's Progress (UNPR) - the Conservative Party (PC) candidate in presidential elections, said late on Sunday that the objective of his campaign for the first round is getting at least 37.5 pct of votes, that is the score recorded in the European Parliament elections.

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