LIVE VIDEO Nicușor Dan, statements now from Cotroceni Palace

Cristiana Dida

10 November 2026, 16:58

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President Nicușor Dan is holding a press conference this evening, at 19:00, at Cotroceni Palace, during which he will speak about the challenges of recent months and priorities for the period ahead. The announcement was made last night in a message published on social media.

This is the first press conference held by the head of state since the installation of the Niculescu Government, formed after a period of political crisis in Bucharest. The meeting with journalists is expected to focus primarily on recent political developments and the questions raised following the negotiations to form the new Executive.

After Ilie Bolojan was dismissed, Nicușor Dan nominated four candidates for the position of prime minister. The fourth nominee, Luca Niculescu, succeeded in forming a government alongside the PSD. The president was criticized for his involvement in the negotiations and for his alleged closeness to the social democrats.

The last time Nicușor Dan answered journalists’ questions at Cotroceni was in April, when he announced the appointments of the heads of the major prosecutors’ offices. The conference is taking place one day after his meeting with Ursula von der Leyen, with whom he discussed security in the Black Sea and investment in defense.

Ursula von der Leyen explained her visit to Romania by the intensification of attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea. The President of the European Commission announced at Cotroceni an additional 10 million euros for search and rescue in the Black Sea and 50 million for accelerating the maritime hub coordinated by Romania and Bulgaria.

Context: the consultations at Cotroceni and the preparatory meetings ahead of Tuesday’s conference

Before the press conference at Cotroceni Palace, Nicușor Dan announced consultations with the parliamentary parties to designate a new prime minister, following the rejection of a previous government by Parliament. The round was scheduled for Monday, with successive discussions between the president and the leaders of PSD, AUR, PNL, USR, UDMR, the national minorities’ group, SOS România, POT and other formations, the last meeting being with unaffiliated parliamentarians.

During the same period, the president was also involved in another institutional format: he met with the heads of Romanian diplomatic missions and consular offices present in Bucharest, on the occasion of the Annual Meeting of Romanian Diplomacy, and was scheduled to deliver a speech on “Diplomacy: the anchor of a changing world”.