CEE: ROMANIA-PM Designate To Seek Confirmatory Vote Next Week

Romania's PM-designate Siefried Muresan has said: ks-confidence-vote-next-week?srnd=homepage-europethat he will look to put his new gov't to a parliamentary vote of confidence next week, despite the three parties backing his administration falling well short of the majority threshold. * Speaking to reporters earlier, Muresan said "We currently count on the clear support of 169 lawmakers and winning the vote will depend on whether the Social Democratic Party [PSD] is what it claims to be, namely a responsible pro-European party or a partner of the far-right AUR party". Two hundred and thirty-three votes are required for a majority in Parliament. * Muresan said that he will hold talks with PSD leader Sorin Grindeanu in the coming hours, as well as national minority parties, as he looks to garner support from outside the gov't bloc comprising the centre-right National Liberal Party, the liberal Save Romania Union, and the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania. * Adevarul reports: 59326.htmlthat Grindeanu lambasted Muresan in conversations with caretaker PM Ilie Bolojan, claiming "How can we vote, Ilie, when Muresan curses PSD in every interview? Does he or doesn't he need our v