(2 Dec 2024)
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Bucharest, Romania – 2 December 2024
1. Various exteriors of Romanian government headquarters
2. Various of people walking in streets
3. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Virgil (no last name given), local resident:
“I’m a bit afraid after all the things that have happened lately and all these party alliances have not brought anything good for us, but at least now we have more hope that being more numerous we’ll be able to make decisions, and that 30% of the extremists won’t have full power no matter how many alliances they try to make. But for a powerful alliance, we must stick to the PSD (Social Democrat Party)."
4. People walking in streets
5. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Mihaela (no last name given), local resident:
“People want change and they want nothing but the best for themselves. We need to be more confident in ourselves as people and this country must go further because we have a beautiful past, a beautiful history with courageous people.“
6. People crossing road
7. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Mihaela (no last name given), local resident:
‘’As for the others (round 2 of presidential elections), I’m not decided yet but I’d like the leader of this country to be capable, with knowledge, someone who’d know how to deal with issues but not to stray from… defend this country’s prestige."
8. Various exteriors of parliament building
9. Mid of political analyst Ion M Ionitat next to book
10. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Ion M. Ionita, political analyst:
“We are still in a very complicated phase. Many things are not clear yet. Some important ones have been clarified, but there are things that are going to get clearer. It’s important that a majority can be built, that we don’t have a suspended parliament. This is the best thing. So majorities can be formed but it all depends in what direction, so the decisive factor will be the next president who’ll name the new prime minister and find a majority.”
11. Close of book
12 SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Ion M. Ionita, political analyst:
‘’Worst-case scenario is the oscillation of PSD, it’s there where the problems occur. So what kind of orientation will choose the party that won the parliamentary election? So, to put it this way: the good thing is that PSD won the election, the problematic thing is that PSD won the elections so it goes both ways. Because they can remain in a democratic majority or they can easily chose a sovereignist majority. Because something will happen within the party and there are divergent opinions inside."
13. Various exteriors of parliament building
STORYLINE:
The next round of Romania’s presidential elections should "clarify" the political situation in the country, an analyst said on Monday.
The comments came as data on Monday showed pro-Western parties won the most votes in Romania’s parliamentary election and will look to form a coalition government as the European Union country also saw a surge of support for far-right nationalists.
Analyst have said the increased parliamentary seats for the far-right will make forming a majority government difficult for the pro-Western parties because they are historically opposition parties and could struggle to reach agreements.
“We are still in a very complicated phase," said political analyst Ion M. Ionita.
"Many things are not clear yet. Some important ones have been clarified, but there are things that are going to get clearer."
He added: "The decisive factor will be the next president who’ll name the new prime minister."
The reformist Save Romania Union party, or USR, came in fourth place.
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