🇷🇴 BREAKING: Bolojan's government has been dismissed.No-confidence motion passed with 281 votes in favor.pic.twitter.com/pOHW3JkurO
Romania's pro-European government collapsed Tuesday after a no-confidence vote in parliament ousted Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan, plunging the country into renewed political uncertainty. The government remains deeply divided, with four parties now competing for control.
Bolojan was ousted largely over economic measures that alienated some of his coalition parties.
He argued his economic measures were tough but necessary and that they 'regained the trust of the markets in the Romanian government.'
'When the coalition was sworn in last June, it promised to make reducing Romania's budget deficits – one of the EU's highest – a top priority. Its cuts have helped reduce the deficit from 9.3% to 7.9%, but at significant political cost,'according to The Guardian.
The country must continue to shrink its deficit, which was forecast to narrow to 6.2% this year, and implement further reforms, to secure about €10bn in EU recovery and resilience funds before an August cutoff.
What comes next for Romania's government is still unknown.
Sorin Grindeanu, president of PSD the centre-left party, said Bolojan should appoint an interim prime minister until one is voted in by MPs.
Grindeanu also said he expected his party to be consulted by Romanian President Nicusor Dan.
'I would like us to quickly find a solution... together with the other parties and move forward,' he said. 'All options are open.'
Source: International Business Times UK
