Final decision in the governing coalition from Romanian: They have set the electoral calendar for the presidential and parliamentary elections. The elections will take place at the end of November – beginning of December, as follows:
- first round of the presidential elections on November 24
- parliamentary elections on December 1 (National Day)
- second round of the presidential elections on December 8.
The coalition leaders met on Thursday morning to finalize these details. From PNL, Nicolae Ciucă, Lucian Bode, and Cătălin Predoiu participated, while from PSD - Marcel Ciolacu, Sorin Grindeanu, Paul Stănescu, Mihai Tudose, and Marian Neacșu.
Today's decision comes in the context of Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu meeting with party representatives (even those not in Parliament) for two days to discuss the dates for organizing the two types of elections.
Most participating parties have expressed their desire for the elections to take place as scheduled.
In addition, the possibility of combining a round of presidential elections with parliamentary elections was also discussed, but it was decided not to pursue this option.