The protocol signed on Wednesday by the groupings that make up the ruling coalition seeks to continue the governmental and parliamentary cooperation, Prime Minister Emil Boc, who heads the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) said on Wednesday.

'We didn't give in to the populist temptation and we took the required measures. We now forge a new protocol to ensure economic growth. /.../

This protocol strengthens the coalition', Boc said after signing the document together with Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) president Hunor Kelemen, National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR) executive president Gabriel Oprea and leader of the national minorities group other than Hungarian in the Deputies' Chamber Varujan Pambuccian