Romanian presidential election

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.

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.

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.

Liberal head Klaus Iohannis, running for president of Romania in this Sunday's polls, said on Tuesday the target he sets for the first round of voting would be more than 30 percent of the votes.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Tuesday said that until the elections of 2016 Romania would maintain the 16 per cent flat tax and, after which the political forces that will win the next parliamentary elections would be able to decide whether they maintain this flat tax or not.

Social Democrat Party (PSD) spokesperson Gabriela Firea said Monday that Prime Minister Victor Ponta, a candidate in the presidential elections, has taken notice of the fact that the Public Policy Institute (IPP) accepted the organisation of an electoral debate with all candidates, a solution that the PSD leader proposed since October 7.

Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL) candidate for Romania's president Klaus Iohannis is convinced that Prime Minister Victor Ponta will lose his mandate right after this November elections.

There will be no duties and taxes raise in 2015, Prime Minister Victor Ponta, running for president, declared on Monday at the Parliament Palace.

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

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.