Romania's new coalition government were sworn in on Wednesday evening before President Traian Basescu.
The coalition brought together the Democrat Liberal Party, the Hungarian Democratic Union and independents.
This is a government that starts under tougher conditions than the previous one, Basescu
said after the swearing-in ceremony, adding that "we are all aware of the future developments,we know exactly what lies ahead of us, what is in store for the Romanians. "
"My hope is that you will succeed in what I would say the previous government also succeeded to do to a considerable extent: reducing the effects of the crisis," said the head of the state.
He named a few of the priorities the future government should consider in such fields as
education, health, agriculture or tourism. The president warned the new cabinet that it's their
obligation to explain the governing program to the citizens and assured them that he would
further act as a mediator in the relationship with trade unions and the civil society.
The new coalition government, headed by Democrat Liberal leader Emil Boc, won a vote
of confidence in parliament earlier Wednesday, with 276 votes in favor and 135 against.
According to the constitution, the cabinet needs 236 votes in favor to be validated.
The new cabinet now has to adopt the 2010 state budget and submit it to the parliament in
a bid to unlock further tranches of an International Monetary Fund-led 20-billion-euro (28.6 billion U. S. Dollars) loan the country relies on.
Newly-reelected President Basescu on Dec.17 designated caretaker Prime Minister Emil Boc to form a new government. Boc's cabinet collapsed in a non-confidence vote in parliament in early October after social democrats left the ruling
coalition. Romania has been in the hands of a caretaker government since then. The situation prompted international financial institutions to withhold further disbursements of the loan which
the country needs to fight the recession until a new cabinet was installed.