Klaus Iohannis

Former Liberal Chairman Crin Antonescu on Saturday said that the National Liberal Party (PNL) would never give up its name, pointing out that the decisions to be made in the Congress were the responsibility of all party's members.

National Liberal Party (PNL) Chairman ad interim Klaus Iohannis reasserted that he is willing to run for President, if nominated by his party; he pointed out that he seriously considers a victory against incumbent PM Victor Ponta in the presidential race.

'If the party proposes it, I am willing to candidate,' Iohannis said on Monday evening at Realitatea TV.

Liberal Klaus Iohannis stated on Monday that he has taken up the ad-interim chairmanship of the National Liberal Party (PNL).

"According to the statutes, as first vice chairman, I have taken the ad-interim chairmanship of the party," said Iohannis.

National Liberal Party (PNL) resigning First Deputy Chairman Klaus Iohannis, candidate to the party's chairmanship, on Saturday said that Crin Antonescu's withdrawal from the presidential elections race represented "the gesture of a great politician."

National Liberal Party (PNL) Chairman on Saturday announced his intention of not running for President in the elections this year, as a step towards speeding up the project of unifying the Right-Wing forces and for designating as soon as possible a single candidate of the Right-Wing to Romania's Presidency.

Social Democratic Party (PSD) Executive Chairman Liviu Dragnea in Alexandria, on Saturday, said that, in his opinion, Crin Antonescu would be "a mere passer-by" after the National Liberal Party (PNL) Congress.

National Liberal Party (PNL) and Liberal Democratic Party (PDL) leaders met at the Parliament Palace on Wednesday to discuss a collaboration, including the support for a single candidate in the presidential elections.

A virtual electoral tandem Victor Ponta president, Mugur Isarescu prime minister has won the most positive appreciations in a recent INSCOP poll, with 28.4 per cent of the respondents having opted for it. Second came in the tandem Victor Ponta president George Maior - prime minister (23.5 per cent).

Crin Antonescu, head of Romania's main opposition National Liberal Party, PNL, on Monday announced that he would resign from his post after the party failed to win over voters in last weekend's European Parliament elections.

The party vice-presidents also resigned from their positions.