President Nicusor Dan: All the parties engaged in discussions want to be part of the government

President Nicusor Dan on Thursday said that all political parties currently engaged in discussions - the Social Deocratic Party (PSD), the National Liberal Party (PNL), the Save Romania Union (USR) and the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) - want to join the government.'I am very pleased that all the parties engaged in discussions want to be part of the government,' said the head of state after attending the National Forum for the Future of Agriculture, organised by the Romanian Farmers' Club.Nicusor Dan said that the document drafted by party representatives regarding the deficit is not the final version and will be politically negotiated by party leaders together with him.'You will start hearing leaks from this technical document related to the deficit and the budget, drafted by the parties' representatives. It is not the final version, it is a working document that will be politically negotiated by party leaders and myself. (...) Nothing you hear from leaks is final,' said Nicusor Dan.He added that discussions would be finalised on Monday.'It will be part of a simultaneous discussion with the other programme chapters, which are also expected to be finalised on Monday. We shall have an extended discussion Monday afternoon on the whole package,' he explained.When asked whether the PSD requested the prime minister position, he replied that 'these are technical discussions.'    But the interim chairman of the Social Democrats, Sorin Grindeanu, declared on Thursday that all scenarios are still on the table regarding the composition of the future government - from a PSD prime minister to going into opposition - but he specified that the Social Democrats will discuss these matters after reaching an agreement with the other parties on the economic measures to be taken."I believe that the commission established on these fiscal measures will reach a conclusion and present different scenarios to political decision-makers. Let's wait for the conclusions of the most important commission, until the end, and I'll make a few more clarifications: nothing else of what the PSD strategy means from now on can be discussed until we reach an agreement on these measures. So all the issues related to ministers, prime ministers, portfolios and so on are not discussed until we reach an agreement, which is normal, on these measures. All the scenarios that are being discussed these days or any discussions that have been given by sources as having taken place related to government configurations are false," said Grindeanu, in Parliament.He was asked if there was a deadlock in negotiations with the other parties regarding the post of prime minister and the person who would occupy this position."There is no blockage. Nothing has changed compared to what we announced a week ago, absolutely nothing has changed. We said the same thing then and I'm telling you the same thing today. We are primarily interested in things related to the government program, fiscal measures, protecting Romanians, seeing what is desired to be done in the coming period. If the measures that we have proposed and the measures of the other political forces, with those measures, we reach a conclusion, yes, we will take the next steps. Obviously, at this moment, all scenarios are still on the table. If I speak on behalf of the PSD, from the PSD prime minister to going into opposition. But we will discuss these things if we overcome the first step, the one related to economic measures and an agreement on these measures," he concluded.