President Nicusor Dan on Wednesday said that even if the pro-European government falls in a no-confidence vote next week, Romania will remain on its pro-Western path.
President Dan said consultations would be held swiftly so as not to prolong the political crisis which started when the center-left Social Democratic Party left the government over its objection to austerity cuts.
During a visit to Croatia, the Romanian president insisted that Romania will not become disruptive for Brussels euro-skeptic even though one of the parties that submitted the motion holds Euro-skeptic views.
“Romania (will) keep its pro-Western direction and there is a political will, at the level of the parties, for this,” he said.
He ruled out appointing a prime minister supported by the hard-right AUR party.
He said that he does not believe that he will be impeached as some commentators have speculated.
“Impeachment is a very serious mechanism, through which the Parliament and then the citizens sanction the president who violates the Constitution. We are not there at all,” he stressed.
Despite the two biggest parties, the Social Democrats and AUR bringing the no-confidence vote, he said it was “extremely unlikely” there would be a PSD-AUR coalition government.
“What I want to say is that…. obviously there is the need is to act quickly, to stabilize the discussions.”
