Earlier Monday, Orban and Prime Minister Emil Boc met with democrat liberal lawmakers.
Last week, Boc sent the Parliament the proposition to set up the Ministry for European Affairs. The prime minister called on the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies to convene a joint meeting to hold a vote on the proposition to set up the new ministry and appoint Orban as minister.
The legislature should hold a vote on his appointment this Tuesday.
Orban was Deputy Chief Negotiator for Romania’s accession to the European Union between 2001 and 2004 and became the country’s Chief Negotiator with the EU in December 2004, a position which he held until April 2005.
In June 2006, he was appointed chief of the delegation negotiating Romania’s accession to the European Economic Area.
Romania joined the European Union in 2007 and Orban was appointed EU Commissioner for Multilingualism.
Since March 2010, he has been presidential adviser on European Affairs.