Cîțu Cabinet

The prime minister candidate, who is designated by the president,[2] has to request the investiture vote/vote of confidence from the legislature within 10 days from being appointed.[3]

On the 7th of December 2020, the leader of the UDMR senators of the 2016–2020 Romanian Parliament, Attila Cseke said that Hunor Kelemen, the president of the party, had talked to Klaus Iohannis and that they were awaiting for the finalisation of the count of the election votes.[4]

On the 9th of December 2020, EPP MEP from the PNL, Rareș Bogdan, was confident the government would be approved by the 23rd of December, and that the cabinet would have between 16 and 18 ministries.[5]

The National Liberal Party, USR-PLUS and the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania had met at Vila Lac on the 12th of December 2020 to negotiate on making up the coalition government proposition and on several key aspects: the collaboration in the parliament, the government positions and the governance programme. According to political sources, the liberals wanted Ludovic Orban to preside over the Chamber of Deputies, while USR-PLUS wanted Dan Barna to become its president. If Barna couldn't preside, USR-PLUS wanted to secure a vice premier position. The same party didn't rule out its desire to have Radu Mihail, the leader of the USR senators from the 2016–2020 legislature, become president of the Senate. The UDMR were not prepared, nor willing to take any key function within the elected parliament.[6]

On the 6th of December 2020, elections for a new Romanian Parliament took place. On the 10th of December 2020, the President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, invited the parties that got into the newly elected Parliament: PSD, PNL, USR-PLUS, AUR and UDMR; and the representatives of the national minorities for consultations on the 14th of December.[7]