"I have a very good relationship with the UDMR, there is nothing to reproach them. (...)I’ve discussed with both ministers, with Mr. Kelemen and with Mr. Corlățean, we will talk again Wednesday when Kelemen Hunor gets back(...) and my intention is to find any possible solution so that what we have accomplished so far — an extremely fair cooperation — should continue. But I repeat I also believe in this thing that Titus Corlățean has expressed in terms less diplomatic, when we refer to coalition government matters, we can negotiate anything in the end. When it comes to matters of state , this cannot be negotiated, even if, I do not know, the Government should fall, in the end the Romanian state is the Romanian state, regardless of its government”, the PM stated during a show on B1TV.
Asked if he had any anxieties in the Parliament should the UDMR exit from the Government, Ponta denied, but wanted to clarify that he did not want the Hungarians to leave the Executive.
"I am not afraid, because it is not a matter of parliamentary majority, but I do not wish it to happen (the UDMR’s leaving the government — editor’s note), the Premier said.
Ponta added that he was dissatisfied with the fact that the dialogue between the UDMR president , Kelemen Hunor, and the Foreign Affairs Minister, Titus Corlățean, "was carried out in public ".
" In general, the dialogue between two minister is carried out inside the coalition or in the Government", Ponta said.
Romania supports the Commission’s stance on the Citizens' Initiatives "Minority SafePack" , according to which the EU has no powers assigned under the fundamental Treaties provisions.
"The position expressed by Romania through the MFA is a consistent position of our state, a state issue and not a problem of somebody’s ego or pride. From this perspective, I appreciate, as Foreign Minister, that the expression of the Romanian state’s position cannot be subject to any negotiation or political compromise", a press release the MFA sent Saturday to AGERPRES read, adding that Foreign Minister Titus Corlatean makes clarifications on Romania's position on the ongoing legal proceedings in before the European Uniion Court on the topic of Citizens Initiatives "Minority SafePack".
The position adopted by the Foreign Minister has been criticized by UDMR leader, Kelemen Hunor.