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ShutterStock_Ille_Bolojan On 5 May 2026, Romania saw the collapse of Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan’s government after losing a vote of no confidence. The fallout was engineered through the alignment of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) with the far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians. With little warning, PSD withdrew from the ruling coalition rather than

Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan (L) before the no-confidence vote in parliament in Bucharest, May 5, 2026. Photo: EPA/Robert Ghement. Romania’s pro-European government, led by Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan, collapsed on Tuesday after parliament passed a no-confidence motion initiated by the left-leaning Social Democratic Party, PSD, and the far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians, AUR.

Simion, leader of the nationalist AUR party, scored between 30 to 33 percent of the vote, ahead of two pro-European candidates who took between 21 and 23 percent, according to two polls...