Romanian president summons centrist party leaders over wage law

11 August 2026 The leaders of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the National Liberal Party (PNL), the Save Romania Union (USR), and the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) will meet on August 11 with president Nicuşor Dan to discuss the draft of the Wage Law for the budgetary sector, according to Digi24. The meeting at Cotroceni Palace, scheduled to take place in the afternoon, will bring together PSD president Sorin Grindeanu, PNL president and interim prime minister Ilie Bolojan, USR president Dominic Fritz, and UDMR president Kelemen Hunor, alongside representatives of the parties involved in the working group preparing the legislation. The four parties previously formed Romania's ruling coalition but have failed to reach an agreement on the wage reform. Trade unions ha