Social Democrats

...October versus the euro on Tuesday in line with regional sentiment as markets awaited more clarity on the election result. TALKS Geoana's Social Democrats (PSD) met on Tuesday and announced their backing for Johannis and willingness to...

In this article: Mircea Geoana, Traian Basescu, Crin Antonescu, Klaus Johannis, Romania, Liberal Party, Competitive advantage, Social Democrats, Recession, and Liberal Party

...ruled out any cooperation with Basescu, calling him a "demagogue and a populist." He said he would back Geoana, who leads the Social Democrats, as "the lesser of two evils" if his party agreed to appoint the mayor of the city of Sibiu...

In this article: Traian Basescu, Romania, Bucharest, Communism, Unemployment, Liberal Party, and Mircea Geoana

...votes. Sunday's ballot had been an obstacle to political stability for months, with Basescu's Democrat-Liberal Party and Geoana's Social Democrats unwilling to work together to end the impasse, putting on hold a 20 billion euro IMF aid...

In this article: International Monetary Fund, Traian Basescu, Mircea Geoana, Romania, Recession, Liberal Party, European Union, and ING Bank

...Party, which is likely to push more strongly for painful fiscal reforms needed to mend relations with the IMF than Geoana's Social Democrats (PSD). Third running was the Liberal party's Crin Antonescu with 22 percent. But...

In this article: Traian Basescu, Romania, Mircea Geoana, International Monetary Fund, Communism, Recession, and European Union

...center, is running for a second five-year term. His main rival is former Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, who heads the leftist Social Democrats and is head of the Senate. </p><p>More than 18 million Romanians are eligible to vote, but...

In this article: Traian Basescu, Romania, Mircea Geoana, Recession, Liberal Democrats, Emil Boc, Social democracy, and Liberal Party

...point since Brown's insistence on Blair for the Van Rompuy job upset the political pact struck by Europe's dominant Christian and Social Democrats to split the jobs between them. That meant Blair could not be president since the job had...

In this article: European Union, Herman Van Rompuy, Tony Blair, Europe, Gordon Brown, William Hague, Brussels, and Britain

...with Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), who remain in power with the business friendly Free Democratic Party (FDP), the Social Democrats were widely seen to have lost their way and tarnished their image. Adding to their...

In this article: Sigmar Gabriel, Social Democrats, CDU, Dresden, Free Democratic Party, Tax, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Angela Merkel, and Andrea Nahles