PNL leader Ilie Bolojan said Monday that after a merger with Forța Dreptei, Ludovic Orban will “certainly” hold an important national representative role, given his experience and the profile he has built, according to Agerpres.

Bolojan spoke after meetings with PNL parliamentary groups in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, where he presented decisions adopted Sunday by the National Political Bureau. The first is to build a “modernisation pole” and open talks on an absorption merger with Forța Dreptei.

“After Forța Dreptei adopts a similar decision, we will start negotiations and keep you updated,” the liberal leader said. The stated goal is “simplification and clarity” in the centre-right political offer ahead of the 2028 vote.

The second decision covers a sectoral programme: specialist commissions and working groups by policy area, due to be set up by next week. Bolojan invited experts to contribute solutions that PNL could take into public policy.

On local cooperation, he noted Forța Dreptei has councillor groups in counties such as Timiș and Vrancea and that integration will follow “the realities of each county.” Nationally, he said it is “less relevant which office one leader or another holds,” but reiterated an important role for Orban.

PNL’s national bureau unanimously approved opening talks on Sunday. The merger is not done yet: it still needs a matching Forța Dreptei decision and completed negotiations.

Image: Ilie Bolojan at the European Commission (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0).

Sources consulted: Bolojan: After PNL–Forța Dreptei merger, Ludovic Orban will certainly have an important representative role — Agerpres.