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The outcome of today's general election shows that "reform cannot be done in Romania without the Save Romania Union - Freedom, Unity and Solidarity Party (USR PLUS)," the alliance's co-chair Dan Barna declared after the announcement of the exit poll results.
"The outcome of this election says one thing very clearly: reform in Romania will be impossible without USR-PLUS. At this moment, the score - whether it is 18, 19 or 20 percent - positions USR-PLUS as Romania's reforming force in the coming years," Barna said, hailing the result as "historic".
"From the point of view of USR PLUS, I can say that it is a historic result, for which I congratulate my colleagues. In four years we have managed to show that the course we embarked on in 2016 is the right one. We have managed to double that result and if in four year we succeeded in making the Parliament's agenda with just 9 percent of the seats, I am convinced that with at least a double result - as the current estimates show - we will make the government's agenda as well," Barna said.
The co-leader of the USR PLUS alliance remarked that the low turnout shows how difficult it is for Romania to get out of a "PSD-centered logic".
"Today's victory and USR PLUS' result of today is an important step we pledge to take further in Parliament and in the government," he assured.
Barna joined online into the USR PLUS press conference because he is in self-isolation, following his infection with the novel coronavirus.
According to the exit polls, the USR PLUS Alliance won 16.4 percent of the vote in the Senate and 15.9 percent in the Chamber of Deputies.
