US EditionRomania's largest party teams up with far-right opposition to topple pro-European coalition
- On Monday, the Social Democrats and the Alliance for Uniting Romanians announced a joint bid to topple Liberal Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan's coalition government, setting a no-confidence vote for May 5 and calling for early elections.
- Tensions escalated after Social Democrats ministers resigned last week, depriving Bolojan of a parliamentary majority following clashes over budget cuts aimed at reducing the deficit from over 9% of economic output, the European Union's highest.
- AUR leader George Simion said the motion to dismiss Bolojan's cabinet requires 233 votes; the two parties control roughly 220 of the 464 parliamentary seats and plan to secure remaining support from smaller far-right groupings.
- This political instability endangers the country's access to more than 10 billion euros in pandemic recovery funds, though Bolojan refused to resign, citing vital reforms needed before the European Union's August deadline.
- Romania has never held a snap election, with the next general election not due until 2028, while Bolojan's Liberal party insists the Social Democrats broke collaboration agreements signed 10 months ago and ruled out future coalitions.
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EU's Mînzatu counting on Romania's to keep 'pro-European stance'
European Commission Vice-President Mînzatu says she's "convinced" her native Romania will maintain a pro-European stance despite her Socialist party teaming up with the far-right in a bid to oust the centrist government.
After the controversy over the repeated presidential election, it had remained relatively calm in Romanian politics for a year. But now the government of the sixth largest EU country is threatening to fall apart. This has implications beyond Romania.
Romania: Socialists, hard right party come together to topple centrist PM
Romania’s leftist Social Democratic Party and the hard-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians jointly submitted a no-confidence motion on Tuesday as the two political parties seek to topple liberal Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan. The PSD, Romania’s largest political party that was until last week part of the coalition government, and the opposition AUR party, submitted the motion to Parliament, a day after the two parties announced the joint eff…
Romania's social democrats and right-wing populists announced on Tuesday that they had filed a motion of no confidence against liberal Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan.
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Romania’s Socialists and a hard-right party seek to topple the center-right prime minister
Romania’s Social Democratic Party and the Alliance for the Unity of Romanians have submitted a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan.
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