Prime minister Florin Cîţu. The Save Romania Union party, the second-largest governing party, quit his centre-right coalition on Tuesday (Photo: Wikimedia)

No confidence vote looms in Romania, as Covid cases spike

Rule of Law

Health & Society

by Cristian Gherasim, Bucharest,

With a surge in new Covid-19 cases and the second-lowest vaccination-rate in the EU, Romania's current political mess could not come at a worse time.

The government is bleeding political support and heading towards a vote of no confidence as the Save Romania Union party (USR PLUS), the second-largest governing party, quit the centre-right coalition on Tuesday (7 September).

This came after USR PLUS, a reformist party running on a pro-European and anti-corruption platform, cried fo...

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Cristian Gherasim is a freelance journalist contributing to EUobserver, Euronews, EU Reporter, Katoikos, Von Mises Institute, and bne IntelliNews, with a particular focus on European and regional affairs.

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Prime minister Florin Cîţu. The Save Romania Union party, the second-largest governing party, quit his centre-right coalition on Tuesday (Photo: Wikimedia)