Romanian president to hold consultations on new govt on Monday

FILE PHOTO: Romania's President Klaus Werner Iohannis arrives for the second day of a special European Council summit in Brussels, Belgium February 21, 2020, held to discuss the next long-term budget of the European Union. Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's centrist President Klaus Iohannis will hold consultations with political parties on Monday on forming a new government, his office said on Thursday.

The centrist Liberals (PNL), the USR-Plus party and the ethnic Hungarian UDMR are in pole position to form a coalition government following Sunday's election in Romania, a member state of the European Union and NATO.