Klaus Iohannis, president of Romania's National Liberal party, addresses a joint congress with Romania's Democrat Liberal party in Bucharest July 26, 2014. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's centre-right opposition on Monday nominated an ethnic German provincial mayor from Transylvania as candidate for president, pitting him against leftist Prime Minister Victor Ponta who is favoured to win.
Parliament's two largest opposition groups, the Liberals and the Democrat Liberals, voted unanimously to merge last month, hoping to boost their chances against Ponta in the Nov. 2 poll.
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