Romanian presidential election

AGERPRES special correspondent Loredana Ciobanu reports: President Klaus Iohannis, who is paying a working visit to the Land of Bavaria on Tuesday, had a meeting in Munich with Minister President of Bavaria Markus Soder. "It is known that the relations between Romania and Bavaria are special. We have a relation which has been going on for many years.

President Klaus Iohannis on Saturday stated his main goal is to build a prosperous, safe country, and a functional state. "My main goal is to build a prosperous, safe country, and a functional state, with strong democratic institutions, where the law is the same for all. A strong voice in Europe and in the world, a country that promotes its values and identity and protects its resources.

President Klaus Iohannis has stated on Friday that the scenario of organising early elections is 50 percent realistic, showing that there are two versions to get to such a situation. "The early elections scenario is 50 percent realistic," Iohannis stated, at an informal meeting with journalists held at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace.

President Klaus Iohannis has stated on Thursday, at the report on his first tenure as head of state, that his foreign affairs actions in these years focused on increasing Romania's role within the North Atlantic Alliance and the European Union, as well as on the enlargement and strengthening of the Strategic Partnership with the U.S.

President Klaus Iohannis said on Thursday that the most important objective of his first term in office was to maintain Romania's pro-European and democratic path, while labeling the past five years at Cotroceni as years that brought major challenges, of which the most serious was "the danger that our country would leave the Western path." The head of the state presented his report after first

New US Ambassador to Romania Adrian Zuckerman underscored on Tuesday at the meeting with President Klaus Iohannis that he would act to support the Romanian authorities in the demarches for the consolidation of the rule of law and the fight against corruption, according to a Presidential Administration release.

Former Romanian President Klaus Iohannis won the second round of the Romanian presidential election on Sunday, according to exit polls, AFP reported. His re-election confirmed the pro-European position of the EU's eastern member state, the agency added.

"I promise to be a president for all Romanians ... A modern, European, normal Romania won today," Iohannis said.

Incumbent President Klaus Iohannis of the National Liberal Party scored 66 per cent of the vote to secure a second term on Sunday, according to the official count with over 99 per cent of polling stations having declared results.

President Klaus Iohannis has announced on Sunday evening that he will be involved in creating a new parliamentary majority. "Now, after this victory, there are many things to do, there are many things to repair. I will get involved in creating a new majority, a majority composed of the democratic parties that will lead Romania to modernization, to Europeanization, to normal Romania.

Centre-right Romania President Klaus Iohannis, who frequently locked horns with the country's previous Social Democrat government, faces former Prime Minister Viorica Dancila in a presidential run-off on Sunday seen as likely to return the incumbent for a second and final term.