USR PLUS's Ciolos says no intention of collaborating with PSD

Co-chair of the Save Romania Union - Party of Freedom, Unity and Solidarity (USR PLUS) alliance Dacian Ciolos has ruled out the possibility of collaborating with the Social Democratic Party (PSD) in reaction to a statement by PSD national leader Marcel Ciolacu that after this year's general election he will negotiate over a majority with other parties, less so with the National Liberal Party (PNL).

"I understand that there are interpretations that Mr Ciolacu said that he does not exclude a vote in the future parliament for a government led by me. My answer is simple: I am not interested in the opinion of PSD and Mr Ciolacu, because we have no intention of collaborating politically with this party that has done so much harm to Romania. And, to be clear, we will not even need PSD," Ciolos says in a Facebook post.

PSD national chair Ciolacu said on Wednesday that the Social Democrats will be in first place in the thsi year's general election and will negotiate with the other parties, with the exception of the PNL, to mount a majority in Parliament, if necessary.

"We will negotiate for mounting a majority. Why have we not made a governing programme? We have the necessary solutions to enter the government. We will see what the future Parliament will look like, which parties will hold MP seats and we will start up negotiations and discussions, less so with PNL," Ciolacu told news portal DC News.