US EditionRomanian prime minister resigns amid ruling coalition's post-presidential election fallout
- Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu resigned on Monday after his coalition's candidate was eliminated in the presidential election rerun held Sunday.
- The resignation followed a far-right nationalist, George Simion, winning the first round with about 41% amid public frustration over last year’s annulled presidential vote.
- George Simion, leader of the eurosceptic AUR party, will compete against Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan, a pro-European candidate, in a runoff election set for May 18 that is receiving close attention from European and Western capitals.
- Ciolacu stated that the ruling coalition lost its credibility following the Romanian election and suggested that the Social Democrats should withdraw from it. He also announced his intention to step down voluntarily instead of waiting for the incoming president to remove him.
- Ciolacu’s resignation deepens political turmoil and may signal a shift in Romania’s foreign policy if Simion wins the May 18 runoff.
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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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Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu resigned following the failure of the coalition's presidential candidate in a critical election rerun, marking a shift in political power and reflecting widespread anti-establishment sentiment. The resignation comes amidst Romania's worst political crisis in decades
Romania PM resigns after far-right candidate wins first-round of president vote
omanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu resigned on Monday, a day after a far-right opposition leader won the first round of the presidential election re-run and his own candidate crashed out of the race. Ciolacu said his centre-left Social Democrats would withdraw from the pro-Western coalition - effectively ending it -…
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