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Posted on 05/05/2025 3:11:43 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
Romanian 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 - while cabinet ministers will stay on in an interim capacity until a new majority emerges after the presidential run-off.
Hard-right eurosceptic George Simion decisively swept the ballot on Sunday, with some 41% of votes, and will face Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan, an independent centrist, in a May 18 run-off. Coalition candidate Crin Antonescu came third.
Although Ciolacu's leftist Social Democrats (PSD) won the most seats in a December 1 parliamentary election, Simion's AUR and two other far-right groupings, one with overt pro-Russian sympathies, won more than a third of the seats to become a clear political force.
The Social Democrats had formed a coalition government with the centrist Liberals and ethnic Hungarian UDMR to help keep the European Union and NATO state on a pro-Western course. A governing majority that cordons off the far right in the legislature cannot be formed without it. "This coalition is no longer legitimate," Ciolacu told reporters after a party meeting. "The next president was going to replace me anyway, that's what I've read."
Romania's president has a semi-executive role that includes commanding the armed forces and chairing the security council that decides on military aid. The president can also veto important EU votes and appoints the prime minister, chief judges, prosecutors and secret service heads.
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Far right in Europe means he is an anti-socialist.
No such thing as true “far right” anywhere on that stinking continent, ruled by insufferable elitist. /spit
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You are correct.
Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan is apparently an EU meat puppet.
Good news!
Are hundreds of left-wing Romanians going to move to Moldova and Serbia as a result ?
I knew a lady from Modova, she owned a deli near where I worked. She was definitely not a liberal.
Guess he didn’t want to be “Ceausecued”.
>> No such thing as true “far right” anywhere on that stinking continent
But he’s “Hard Right”. Which one is Nazi-er, Hard Right or Far Right?
far-right and euro-skeptic are thrown around like confetti
Its hard to believe that after cancelling an election and rigging a judiciary, Romania’s masters in Brussels would simply allow another opponent to win the next rigged election.
What does the guy really believe?
Hurry, ban him from the ballot - you know, to save Democracy and all that . . .
There may be shooting and explosions involved.
“… one with overt pro-Russian sympathies…”
If true, they’re not the kind of people you want in the government of a NATO member.
Who is described as the far left?
But then, ... they are.
Great. Let’s extradite Soros, I think they want to talk to him.
Great day. Loved watching he and his wife defiant to the end.
Cold, blue sky Xmas day.
Far right there is just left of center here
I might have been willing to spare Nicolae, but Elena had to go.
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