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Romania’s gambling overhaul caught in populist fallout
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
Romania’s Government Ousted by Parliamentary No-Confidence Vote
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.
Romania’s far-right candidate George Simion leads in first round of presidential rerun, exit polls show
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...
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