Romanian lawmakers narrowly voted in favor of a new pro-European coalition government led by incumbent Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu. The move aims to resolve a protracted political crisis in Romania after a top court annulled a presidential election. The parliament approved the new administration with a 240-143 vote in the 466-seat legislature.
The coalition comprises the leftist Social Democratic Party (PSD), the center-right National Liberal Party (PNL), the small ethnic Hungarian UDMR party, and national minorities. This coalition formation follows a period of turmoil, including significant gains by far-right nationalists in a recent parliamentary election.
