Victor Ponta

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

MEP Monica Macovei, one of the presidential candidates defeated in the first round, promises her support to runoff contender Klaus Iohannis, the candidate of the Christian Liberal Alliance, facing incumbent PM Victor Ponta in the second round, with some 'minimal conditions to safeguard the rule of law and the democracy in Romania.'

Florin Georgescu says the talks about his possible appointment as prime minister will take place after the presidential election runoff.

PDL (Democratic Liberal Party) chairman Vasile Blaga on Wednesday said that the Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL) of PDL and PNL (the National Liberal Party) remains optimistic about the runoff of the presidential election, despite going through 'the dirtiest electoral campaign after 1990.'

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.

The final results released by the Electoral Bureau on Tuesday confirmed that Romania's Prime Minister, Victor Ponta, won last Sunday's first round of the presidential election with 40.44 per cent of the votes cast.

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Prime Minister Victor Ponta, standing in the presidential runoff from Nov.

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, says many liberals have joined the leader of the new Reformist Liberal Party (PLR) Calin Popescu-Tariceanu.

The main option of the ruling coalition for the office of prime minister after November 18 is Calin Popescu-Tariceanu, incumbent Prime Minister Victor Ponta told a meeting of the ruling coalition at Parliament Palace in Bucharest, adding that First Vice Governor of the National Bank of Romania (BNR) Florin Georgescu and head of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) George Maior