It is going to be a very interesting week for Traian Băsescu too. The president will make his first trip abroad since the outbreak of the huge scandal involving his brother.
Monday morning, the teams negotiating the PNL merge with the PDL will sit down again to conclude the statute of the future party. The project is almost ready, over the next week the working protocol will be completed. PNL and PDL want to draft the papers needed by July 1, in order to speed up the organization of the parties congresses to validate the merger.
Until the merger, the Liberals are busy solving their own internal problems. Saturday, the Liberals choose their new leadership and officially validate their affiliation to the European Peoples Party. Klaus Johanis and Ioan Ghişe are the candidates for the top position inside the PNL, but we should not overlook a surprise candidacy by Crin Antonescu, either.
The PSD is busy making the final arrangements for the party’s meeting which will decide the candidate in the presidential elections. The entire PSD leadership will go to Orăştie on June 30 to attend the meeting of the National Executive Committee convened to decide the party’s strategy for the presidential elections.
Also next week, Traian Basescu will attend the European Council of 26-27 June, the first foreign visit since the outbreak of the bribery scandal involving his brother. The disclosure about corruption actions committed at the highest was published by the media from around the world, which is why Victor Ponta is asking again for a mandate to attend the Brussels meeting. All the more so since our country needs credibility to attend a council meeting of historical importance.