Leader of Romania’s Social Democrats leaves door open to alliance with far right

17 July 2026 The leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the largest party in the Romanian Parliament, with around 27% of MPs, or 127 out of the 464 parliamentarians, said that his party is close to gathering the 233 votes needed to form a government. Sorin Grindeanu, who was backed for becoming prime minister by his party, said he did not want to provide details about the strategy through which he could achieve this, so that his attempt would not be "sabotaged,” particularly by former coalition partners in the National Liberal Party (PNL). “I am, you should know, quite optimistic that we will be able to form a government by the end of this summer. August is the last month of summer," Sorin Grindeanu said on Thursday, July 16, in an interview with Antena 3 cited by News.ro. Neverthele