Ponta floats Grindeanu-Simion coalition if Mureșan government fails

Former PM Victor Ponta publicly outlines a fallback scenario for Romania's government formation: a PSD-AUR majority, potentially backed by Uniți pentru România and minority representatives, with Sorin Grindeanu as PM. This signals active coalition maneuvering amid uncertainty over the president's nominee Siegfried Mureșan. The proposal marks a notable shift in Ponta's public positioning, suggesting he is positioning himself as a kingmaker in the ongoing parliamentary arithmetic.