DNYUZ
  • Home
  • News
    • U.S.
    • World
    • Politics
    • Opinion
    • Business
    • Crime
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Science
  • Entertainment
    • Culture
    • Music
    • Movie
    • Television
    • Theater
    • Gaming
    • Sports
  • Tech
    • Apps
    • Autos
    • Gear
    • Mobile
    • Startup
  • Lifestyle
    • Arts
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Health
    • Travel
No Result
View All Result
DNYUZ
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Romania’s new president finds himself at the center of a Macron-Merz love triangle

July 9, 2025
in News, Politics
Romania’s new president finds himself at the center of a Macron-Merz love triangle
493
SHARES
1.4k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

BRUSSELS — Romania’s new President Nicușor Dan is at the center of a political love triangle as the pan-European parties of French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz are both courting him to join their ranks. 

Dan has been holding discussions with representatives of Macron’s liberal Renew movement and the center-right European People’s Party as he weighs up which EU political grouping would make the perfect match. As an independent politician without a party of his own, he has no automatic home in the European political landscape, unlike other leaders who gather with their party “families” to share ideas and discuss priorities. 

He is also something of a prize for Europe’s centrists, having seen off the challenge of hard-right populist George Simion in May’s presidential election.

Dan’s choice of political home is significant as it has the potential to influence the dynamic among leaders around the summit table in Brussels. While Dan will remain free to follow his own priorities, members of European political parties regularly meet before leaders’ summits to coordinate their positions ahead of the top-level talks and to set long-term strategies; as well as to build networks and make social connections.

At this month’s European Council in Brussels, Dan was invited to the pre-summit meetings of both Renew and the EPP. He had said he would attend them both, but later changed his mind and went to neither. 

“He initially said that he will take part in the meetings, but afterwards decided against it because it wouldn’t have been polite to go from meeting to meeting, considering they were scheduled to have important talks on sensitive topics,” a spokesperson for President Dan said.

“He is weighing his decision very carefully, with the utmost respect toward the importance of it, and he will decide for the next [European Council summit] which one of the political families’ meetings he will attend.”

Dan has apparently given both camps reason to believe he will choose them. 

A Renew official argued the liberals had a good chance of catching him because Dan needed to keep the conservatives at arm’s length.

“Dan campaigned against corruption. It wouldn’t be a good look if he ended up siding with the Romanian conservatives, the same who’ve been accused of cronyism back home,” said the official. “Our [liberal] Romanian MEPs are busy buttering him up.”

On the other side, EPP officials seem confident Dan will choose their center-right grouping, based on his own outlook. 

Politically, both options have their appeal for Dan, who is a staunch pro-European in Romania’s political center. While he leans to the right on fiscal issues, especially given Romania’s budget deficit problems, he made his name as an anti-corruption activist. He has the backing of a coalition in parliament made up of all four of Romania’s pro-European parties, including those aligned with both the EPP and Renew. 

After winning May’s presidential election, Dan nominated Ilie Bolojan as his prime minister. Bolojan’s National Liberal Party is affiliated with the EPP. 

The post Romania’s new president finds himself at the center of a Macron-Merz love triangle appeared first on Politico.

Share197Tweet123Share
UCLA’s big training camp secret exposed by Utah in Bruins’ blowout loss
Football

UCLA’s big training camp secret exposed by Utah in Bruins’ blowout loss

by Los Angeles Times
August 31, 2025

From the first snap of training camp, DeShaun Foster tightly controlled any narratives about his team. Reporters never knew how ...

Read more
News

Germany updates: Merkel’s ‘Wir schaffen das!’ ten years on

August 31, 2025
News

Piastri aims to stretch his F1 lead over Norris as he starts on pole for Dutch GP

August 31, 2025
News

2 winning $1 million Powerball tickets sold in Southern California

August 31, 2025
News

White Mountaineering Readies Third Collaborative Capsule With Umbro

August 31, 2025
David Pollack Names College Football Team That Should Be ‘Jacked Up’ After Week 1

David Pollack Names College Football Team That Should Be ‘Jacked Up’ After Week 1

August 31, 2025
Trump bans burning of US flag in defiance of constitutional protections

Trump to order voter ID for every vote, ‘no exceptions’

August 31, 2025
Three victims of Florida 18-wheeler U-turn crash ID’d as Haitian immigrants: report

Three victims of Florida 18-wheeler U-turn crash ID’d as Haitian immigrants: report

August 31, 2025

Copyright © 2025.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • U.S.
    • World
    • Politics
    • Opinion
    • Business
    • Crime
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Science
  • Entertainment
    • Culture
    • Gaming
    • Music
    • Movie
    • Sports
    • Television
    • Theater
  • Tech
    • Apps
    • Autos
    • Gear
    • Mobile
    • Startup
  • Lifestyle
    • Arts
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Health
    • Travel

Copyright © 2025.