Romania

Liberal leader Klaus Iohannis, standing in the presidential runoff from Nov. 16 said late on Thursday he is a pro-Euro-Atlantic who guarantees that Romania's good relations with the West and the United States are maintained.

Incumbent Prime Minister Victor Ponta, running for president with the support of his Social Democrat Party (PSD) plus the National Union for Romania's Progress and the Conservative Party, renewed his invitation to opponent Klaus Iohannis of the Christian Liberal Alliance to face him in TV debates at news stations; Ponta wrote on his Facebook wall on Thursday night that the absence

The candidate in the November 16 presidential runoff election of the alliance of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the National Union for Romania's Progress (UNPR) and the Conservative Party (PC) Victor Ponta believes the decision of the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) to let the ethnic Hungarian voters vote as they see fit is excellent.

Romania has a more solid Atlanticist anchor than Hungary, and Altanticism, as an organising force, is more powerful in Romania, says Wess Mitchell, Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) think tank president.

The Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL) candidate for Romania's president told a press conference in Cluj on Thursday that Victor Ponta was a danger for Romania, for the country's democracy and economy.

Romanian democracy deserves to be praised for the real and difficult progress it has made, says Wess Mitchell, President and Co-Founder of the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA).

He emphasizes, in an interview granted to news website HotNews.ro, the major difference existing between Victor Ponta and Viktor Orban.

Victor Ponta, candidate of the Alliance of the Social Democrats, the National Union for the Progress of Romania and the Conservatives (PSD-UNPR-PC) stated on Thursday, in Buzau County, referring to the criminal complaint filed by MEP Monica Macovei, that she probably wants a "Romanian nation made up of 20 million people with criminal complaints [against them]".

The Liberal Reformist Party (PLR) chairman Calin Popescu-Tariceanu sees himself as the most qualified person to become the prime minister of Romania out of those cited by incumbent PM Victor Ponta as his possible successors in the event that he won the Nov. 16 presidential runoff.

Incumbent Prime Minister Victor Ponta, running for president with the support of the alliance made up with his Social Democrat Party (PSD) - National Union for Romania's Progress - Conservative Party, reminds he began governing on a budget deficit of 4.8 percent of the GDP in 2011, and says his successor will start from a budget surplus over the first 10 months of 2014; he hopes t

The Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL) presidential candidate Klaus Iohannis said Wednesday there's the need for a public debate between him and his challenger Victor Ponta, adding that the West University in Timisoara would be the perfect location, 25 years after the 1989 Revolution.