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Romanian social democrat and democrat liberal leaders Mircea Geoana and Emil Boc nominated Catalin Predoiu, the country’s current Justice Minister, for a new mandate at the headship of the Justice Ministry in the next Cabinet.

Representatives of the Romanian Democratic Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party will meet Wednesday at GMT 1100 to establish which party takes over which ministry, social democrat leader Mircea Geoana said.

Romanian social democrat leaders met Wednesday morning in the Senate and chose to take over the Interior Ministry, leaving the Transport Ministry to the democrat liberals, people close to the talks said.

Following talks scheduled for Friday afternoon between the Romanian Democratic Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party, a decision will be made regarding the Magyar Democratic Union in Romania, head of the social democrats’ National Committee Adrian Nastase said.

Romania’s Social Democratic Party and the Democratic Liberal Party decided Thursday the manner to share the minister positions in the next Government and to have negotiations beginning on Saturday.

Romanian social democrat leader Mircea Geoana said Wednesday there won’t be any Government coalition formed of social democrats and of democrat liberals if the Magyar Democratic Union is accepted to be part of this alliance.