Romanian prime minister resigns amid ruling coalition's post-presidential election fallout
- Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu resigned on Monday after his coalition's presidential candidate lost in Sunday's first election round.
- The resignation comes after a repeat presidential election was held following the previous vote’s cancellation due to claims of voting irregularities and foreign meddling linked to Russia.
- George Simion, a far-right nationalist leader who won nearly 41% of the vote in the first round, leads the runoff scheduled for May 18 against pro-EU Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan.
- Ciolacu said the coalition “has no credibility after the Romanian vote” and proposed that the Social Democrats leave the government, implicitly causing his resignation.
- Ciolacu’s resignation intensifies Romania’s political crisis, raising concerns in EU and NATO capitals amid the prospect of a shift toward far-right policies if Simion wins.
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Following the failure of the government candidate in the presidential election, Marcel Ciolacu will resign, which is likely to boost the chances of the extreme right-wing presidential candidate George Simion in the final round of the election.
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One day after a decisive victory for sovereigntist forces led by George Simion, Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu announced his resignation. The decision follows the poor performance of the globalist ruling parties’ PSD-PNL-UDMR coalition candidate, Crin Antonescu, who came in third in the first round of the presidential elections on May 4, with only 19.97% of the votes.
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