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Romanian Prime Minister Ludovic Orban and President Klaus Johannes have resigned.
Romanian Prime Minister Ludovico Orban announced his resignation in a bid to help create a parliamentary majority in which his party can participate.
The centrist Orban announced his decision a day after his National Liberal Party (NLP) came second to the ruling Social Democrats (PSD) in parliamentary elections a year ago. The Social Democrats have no very likely allies with whom to form a coalition, unlike the PNL, which has a majority along with the Union for the Salvation of Romania and the USR-Plus coalition built around it, which has become a potential balancer.
“I hope my party can nominate the next prime minister,” Orban said shortly after President Klaus Johannes, his ally, signaled that he would likely nominate the NLP to form a government. According to the constitution, the Romanian head of state has the right to bypass the first party in a vote if he does not have an absolute majority.
The Liberals are 25 percent behind the PSD, but with the USR-Plus they would have more than 40 percent of the seats in parliament after a redistribution of votes at the end of the count, but will probably have to seek the support of another match. The Hungarian ethnic party is one option), and negotiations on ministries and policies are likely to be difficult. URS-Plus has announced plans to nominate former EU Commissioner Dacian Ciolos as a candidate for prime minister. According to Reuters, the European Union would welcome the Orban government after it reversed the course of the Social Democrats’ reforms and returned to traditional European politics.
