Klaus Iohannis

Candidate Calin Popescu Tariceanu: Presidential office is no joke, no place for on-the-job training

In an interview to AGERPRES, Senate Chairman Calin Popescu Tariceanu, an independent presidential candidate in the November 2 presidential election, talks about his project called 'Romania, Europe's Seventh Economic Power,' arguing that the coalescence of the decision makers around a national project is lacking, with the political class being many times out of touch with the publi

ACL candidate Iohannis wants to change parliamentary election legislation

Presidential hopeful of the Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL) Klaus Iohannis, told an election rally on Saturday in Cluj-Napoca, central Romania, that if he wins the office of Romania's president he will take action to change the parliamentary election legislation.

Iohannis: Basescu and Ponta wrangling uselessly instead of working

Liberal head Klaus Iohannis, running for president of Romania in Nov. 2 elections said on Wednesday that incumbent President Traian Basescu stirs a 'buzz' to divert attention from the electoral campaign and added the head of state and Prime Minister Victor Ponta, also a presidential hopeful are 'uselessly wrangling' and the candidates do not succeed speaking of their programmes.

Candidate Ponta: I wish Romanians can vote a man with a plan

Prime Minister Victor Ponta, running for President, wishes Romanians have the opportunity to vote for a candidate who wants a plan for Romania, not a position for themselves; in a broadcast of Antena 3 television on Monday night, he voiced his impression that his opponent Klaus Iohannis wants a position.

Opposition's Iohannis says PM's comparison of President Basescu's terms with Nazi regime 'inadmissible'

National Liberal Party Chair and presidential candidate Klaus Iohannis qualified as 'inadmissible' Prime Minister Victor Ponta's statement on the consequences of President Basescu's regime being 'quite similar to the heritage of the Nazi regime'.

PSD's Dragnea accuses Iohannis of hypocrisy in regards to law on local elected officials

PSD (Social Democratic Party) executive chairman, Deputy Prime Minister Liviu Dragnea, on Monday told a press conference in Baia Mare (northwestern Romania) that PNL (National Liberal Party) leader Klaus Iohannis is guilty of 'hypocrisy' in regards to the law that would allow local elected officials to change the party they want to be part of, given that he was elected to the Sibi

Presidential candidate Iohannis: Pre-campaign starts on Tuesday

The candidate of the Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL, made up of National Liberal Party PNL and Democratic Liberal Party PDL) Klaus Iohannis announced on Monday night the start of his pre-campaign for Romania's presidency, with collection of the mandatory signatures of voters to allow him running.

Iohannis: Politics must produce results, not sterile show; institution of President must be repositioned

National Liberal Party (PNL) chairman, Klaus Iohannis, has stated on Saturday that politics must produce results, not a sterile show and that the institution of the President must be repositioned, more sobriety being needed.

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