Social Democrats consider demands for cabinet entry
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The Social Democratic Party (PSD) meets today to decide if they will join a hybrid cabinet under Luca Niculescu. They are reportedly eyeing nine ministerial posts, including the Justice portfolio. It is the kind of political math that makes a government look less like a coalition and more like a collection of demands.
The National Liberal Party (PNL) has offered a more temporary arrangement, agreeing to support Niculescu for exactly six months before moving into the opposition. This leaves the Prime Minister-designate attempting to secure investiture while his support has an expiration date already stamped on it.
Prosecutors have had a mixed morning. Raids on the Ilfov driving license bureau suggest the trade in bribes for permits continues, yet a case against a former road authority director—once found with cash in shoeboxes—has been closed. In Romania, an investigation is often the beginning of a process, but not always the end of a career.