Dacian Ciolos leaving the Save Romania Union (USR) is unfortunate and violates a promise made to Romanians in the last three years, according to USR national leader Catalin Drula.
According to him, Romania does not need political projects focused on individuals, pride and vanity, and USR is a solid institution, the institution of modernising democratic liberalism in Romania, which will last beyond the name of one person or another.
He added that politics "is a daily battle, a marathon and, above all, team play, and it is done in the streets, in Parliament, in the local councils and in the public arena here in Romania."
MEP Dacian Ciolos announced his departure from USR on Tuesday, saying that he was joining a new political project.
A former USR national leader, Ciolos said in a Facebook post that in the REPER Party he will be joined by the MEPs Ramona Strugariu, Dragos Pislaru, Alin Mituta and Dragos Tudorache