Speaking in a press conference in Vienna, Austria, Basescu declined to comment on a potential competition between him and the liberals’ new leader Crin Antonescu.
“I haven’t decided yet whether I will run again or not,” Basescu mentioned.
On Sunday, Antonescu said the liberals’ candidate and the one backed by the social democrats will fight to enter the second round of the presidential elections, together with Basescu.
Basescu, jointly with Romanian central bank’s governor Mugur Isarescu, the economy minister Adriean Videanu, the tourism minister Elena Udrea and the foreign minister Cristian Diaconescu, met with Austrian officials in Vienna on Monday.