Nicușor Dan, on excluding AUR from government: “It would have meant an economic collapse and the undermining of state security”

President Nicușor Dan stated, at the press conference held at Cotroceni Palace, that bringing AUR into government would have caused a rapid economic collapse and harmed Romania’s security.

Nicușor Dan stated that, although he has great sympathy for AUR supporters, the party does not inspire sufficient confidence because it is unpredictable. This is also why he excluded the party from government. Moreover, the head of state maintains that AUR’s entry into government would have led to Romania’s sovereign rating being downgraded within a week.

Nicușor Dan argued that AUR is not a trustworthy party from several points of view.

“Investments depend on trust. AUR does not inspire trust on several levels. Financially, they do not have a sustainable plan (...) A party whose calling card is scandal, as we have seen even in Parliament, can predictably be expected, once it comes to power, to create countless institutional conflicts and affect both the stability and the functioning of the administration,” stated Nicușor Dan.

The president added that there are numerous statements by AUR representatives against the West, banks, and foreign investors, as well as against countries that have investments in Romania.

Nicușor Dan also stated that AUR is an isolationist party and that he is not “sure that, given the security situation in the region, this party is capable of keeping this country safe.”

The head of state also provided several examples of AUR’s stance toward Romania’s strategic partners.

“Can you trust AUR when the party voted against the presence of American troops in Romania? Or when it voted against the law allowing drones to be shot down? Or when it thanked you for excluding its country from the Visa Waiver Program? Or for supporting a certain Georgescu, who said that Deveselu is a diplomatic disgrace that he would reassess? Or for supporting Georgescu, who said that the Kogălniceanu Base was built to attack Russia?” said Nicușor Dan.

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