Romania’s political crisis intensifies as Parliament rejects pro-EU PM
- Siegfried Muresan’s loss of the confidence motion increases the prospect for snap elections.
- Romania’s pro-European Prime Minister-designate Siegfried Muresan has failed to win a parliamentary vote of confidence, prolonging a political crisis seen as a boost for the rising far right.
- Muresan, a liberal European Parliament member who was the latest of three designated prime ministers, secured only 182 votes out of the 233 required to secure the confidence motion on Wednesday, according to the official count.
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- Siegfried Muresan’s loss of the confidence motion increases the prospect for snap elections.
- Romania’s pro-European Prime Minister-designate Siegfried Muresan has failed to win a parliamentary vote of confidence, prolonging a political crisis seen as a boost for the rising far right.
- Muresan, a liberal European Parliament member who was the latest of three designated prime ministers, secured only 182 votes out of the 233 required to secure the confidence motion on Wednesday, according to the official count.
Sources: Al Jazeera