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Biggest Party in Romanian Coalition Withdraws Support for PM, Political Crisis Looms
- Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan will lead a minority government after the Social Democrats , the largest party in his coalition, withdrew support.
- The PSD plans to remove their ministers from the coalition government, which risks triggering a political crisis and the loss of around 11 billion euros in EU funding if reforms are delayed.
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Romanian PM says he'll lead minority government after leftist Social Democrats walk out
BUCHAREST, April 21 - Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan said on Tuesday he will lead a minority government to ensure that reforms needed to tap European Union funds are met, in comments a day after the leftist Social Democrats (PSD) - his coalition's biggest party - withdrew their support. Read more at straitstimes.com.
After an internal vote, the Social Democratic Party of Romania (PSD) decided on Tuesday to withdraw its support for the pro-European Prime Minister, Ilie Bolojan, and to remove its current six Cabinet ministers by the end of this week, leaving the coalition without a parliamentary majority. Tax hikes and cuts in public spending, which were beginning to succeed in reducing the deficit marked by the EU, were billing him in the polls. That has been…
The international press has written about PSD's internal vote on withdrawing support for Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan, suggesting that this will generate a political crisis, while Nicușor Dan "tryes to quiet the markets."The international press looks after the withdrawal of PSD support for the government Ilie Bolojan: "A possible departure of Bolojan would have been perceived negative by the markets."
The PSD decision to withdraw the political support of Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan has been widely reported by international press agencies, which anticipate a period of crisis and instability in Romania.
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XinhuaRomania's main coalition party withdraws support for PM
BUCHAREST, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Romania's main ruling coalition party, the Social Democratic Party (PSD), announced on Monday its decision to withdraw support for Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan of the National Liberal Party (PNL), a move that could force the current government to resign.
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