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"Real responsibility is not a formula for speech, but the measure of the things you do when you are put in a position to pay a price. And for the National Liberal Party, a vote for the investiture of the Niculescu Government, that is, for the return of the PSD to power with names from whom you have no expectations, could cost us not only politically but also personally. The most comfortable option would be for the PNL to refuse and be radical. However, without a functional government, the country risk remains high, and we cannot do this to Romania just to avoid the personal cost of image." Ilie Bolojan announced that he will propose a favorable vote for the investiture of the new Executive to the party leadership, without this meaning the re-establishment of the coalition or a political guarantee for the designated prime minister. #PNL #GuvernulNiculescu #crizăpolitică (translated)

Doctor Octavian Jurma warns that the new wave of COVID-19, marked by the Stratus variant and symptoms such as severe hoarseness, risks affecting people who are completely unprotected, in the context of rising infections and the onset of the flu season, highlighting the importance of wearing masks in crowded spaces and tailored preventive measures based on individual risks. #COVID19 #prevenție #sănătate (translated)

Lenka D. stated that the post-election negotiations in Jihlava were nearing their end, and that the Team for Jihlava and STAN were to govern, while ANO was to head into opposition. She considered it the best scenario if ANO completely vanished from politics, and added that it might happen next time. #Jihlava #volby #politika (translated)

Costin Andries wrote that Elon Musk claimed that Volodymyr Zelensky should leave because he did not want to capitulate and hand Ukraine over to Russia. According to Andries, Musk linked Zelensky's refusal to the organization of elections and the risk that he might lose and be investigated, claiming that the Ukrainian leader was sending soldiers to death to avoid prison. Andries responded that Zelensky had declared himself willing to organize elections if Vladimir Putin accepted a 60-day ceasefire so that voters would not be threatened by bombings and that soldiers and Ukrainians who had left the country could vote. He added that Putin did not want to stop the attacks and that Musk knew elections could not be organized under bombardments. Andries also reported that Musk had said Starshield was controlled by Trump's Pentagon and did not belong to him, while Starlink was his company and he could decide what to do with it. According to Andries, Musk had used dismissive language towards Ukrainians who asked him to act in a certain way and stated that he had no obligations towards them, even though the services were paid for. Referring to a post by Musk from 2023, Andries said that he had called for equal solidarity with Russian soldiers in Ukraine and asked only Ukrainians not to send soldiers to the front, without asking Putin to stop the attacks or to refrain from sending troops. Andries argued that Ukraine was achieving successes on the front, reclaiming territories occupied by Russia and destroying refineries, depots, servers, and other elements of Russian infrastructure. He stated that for this reason, Ukraine had to be stopped immediately, by any means, and described Trump and Musk as tools in this endeavor. #Ucraina #Musk #Politică (translated)

Of course, we wanted the prime minister to be from PSD, but we know very well that President Nicușor Dan would not have accepted that. Gabriela Firea admits that the party would have wanted the position of prime minister, but that President Nicușor Dan would not have accepted this option. #PSD #Guvernare #PoliticaRomania (translated)

Of course we wanted the prime minister to be from PSD, but we know very well that President Nicușor Dan would not have accepted that. Gabriela Firea acknowledged that the social democrats would have liked the future prime minister to come from PSD, but she argued that President Nicușor Dan would not have accepted this option. #politică #PSD #România (translated)

Jura Háček wrote that the debate over the carbon footprint, in his opinion, gave way to criticism that the president did not come to the elections properly dressed. He claimed that people who were bothered by the president's thousand-crown shoes from Decathlon simultaneously admired a Turk who, according to him, rented a Maybach with a driver. He labeled the Turk as not very intelligent and noted that he often showed swollen feet and new shoes in footage. Háček also wrote that the president should be more likable to most people than the Turk. #politika #prezident #volby (translated)

We have the option in which we do not vote and do not participate (in the government – editor's note). The president of PSD, Sorin Grindeanu, announced on Tuesday evening, on România TV, that he will present his colleagues with three options regarding the party's involvement in the future government. #PSD #Guvernare #Politică (translated)

If there is the possibility of a PNL, USR, UDMR government with him as prime minister, it is definitely something we have looked at with great openness. I have seen in public that Sorin Grindeanu is also open to this option, Dominic Fritz stated. #PSD #Guvernare #PoliticaRomânească (translated)

Radim Ivan stated that local STAN accounts accused him of lying after he wrote that the Ostrava STAN supported the ANO candidate for the Senate, Ondřej Šimetka, by ceding advertising space. According to him, he did not contest the official support of STAN, but criticized that on spaces that previously belonged to the Christian Democrats who are running independently in Poruba, Šimetka now hangs. Ivan wrote that he received no offer of advertising space or expression of support for the opposition candidate from either the Ostrava STAN or its leader Boháč. He claimed he was told that there was no option other than cooperation with ANO. According to him, STAN had repeatedly pointed this out to Boháč and others and is still waiting for a statement from the regional chairwoman of STAN, Šebelová. He added that if a coalition were formed in the city without ANO, there would be a 99% probability he would lose his position as deputy mayor because, in the southern district, such a coalition is apparently not possible. He marked the situation in Havířov as another problem for which their party rightly faces criticism; he stated they want to address it at the level of regional leadership and that he asked Christian Democratic leader Jan Grolich to also engage with it. He identified the main goal as shifting the Ostrava agglomeration towards a modern European metropolis. According to him, coalitions of parties that are now in opposition could have arisen in Opava, Frýdek-Místek, Ostrava, and Havířov, thus balancing the relationships in the region. Instead, he says there is a danger of further fragmentation and prioritization of partial interests. #politika #Ostrava #koalice (translated)