PDSR goes for the lesser evil

PDSR (the Party of Social Democracy) would rather face early elections than team up with PRM (Greater Romania Party).

This alliance could have been one of the few solutions available for the governing party to promote its legislative projects with a parliamentary majority, after the Liberals have cancelled the protocol of collaboration with PDSR, while the agreement with UDMR (Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania) is contested by PDSR members.

PDSR chairman Adrian Nastase on Monday said that his party would not strike an alliance with the party led by Corneliu Vadim Tudor and that, if he failed to impose his point of view in Parliament, he would go for early elections.

PRM has been willing to support Adrian Nastase-led Government since it came to power and Vadim Tudor maintained this idea when the budget Law was discussed in Parliament. PDSR leaders have constantly rejected PRM offers.

PDSR does not have to consider early elections for the time being, as this party enjoys the significant support of UDMR in exchange for certain concessions granted to the Hungarian minority.

As UDMR is now the only party backing PDSR initiatives, governing party representatives fear that this support may cost PDSR more than the party can afford.

Nastase admitted that some of his party peers were anxious about the agreement with UDMR. “Some of my colleagues are afraid that, because of these pressures (triggered by low parliamentary support), we might have to make big concessions to UDMR. Under these new circumstances, we had to clearly decide on our next moves,” Nastase said.