Previously, Dacian Cioloș announced that at the end of the campaign he would make public the expenses incurred by the Romanian state for his candidacy for the position of Secretary-General of the International Organisation of La Francophonie, including the funds allocated through the Presidency of Romania and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He presented the initiative as being aimed at strengthening multilateral cooperation, developing the economic dimension, promoting Francophone culture, and reforming the organization’s governance.
The candidacy was officially submitted on April 15, 2026, and the four candidates were interviewed on June 30. The election is scheduled to take place at the Francophonie Summit on November 15–16 in Phnom Penh (Cambodia), and Romania was presented as the organization’s seventh-largest contributor to its budget. Separately from the campaign expenses, the Government allocated 980,000 lei to the Ministry of Culture for Romania’s participation in the Francophonie Village.
