Romanian Prime Minister to Offer Resignation After Far-Right Win

Marcel Ciolacuprime Minister

Rather than let the future president replace me, I decided to resign myself,

Ciolacu said

I am here to restore constitutional order.”

Simion said in a prerecorded speech aired after polls closed Sunday

I want democracy, I want normalcy, and I have a single objective: to give back to the Romanian people what was taken from them and to place at the centre of decision-making the ordinary, honest, dignified people,

he said

Marcel Ciolacuprime Minister

This coalition is no longer legitimate,

Ciolacu told reporters after a party meeting

The problem now isn't that Romania is in a hard place, but that the European Union is should George Simion win,

said Cristian Pirvulescu, a professor at the Bucharest National School of Political Science and Public Administration

While Simion can be pragmatic, if the Georgescu plan is implemented, then markets are unlikely to react positively,

the note said

I have proposed to my colleagues to leave the governing coalition, which implicitly leads to my resignation as prime minister.... We saw how Romanians voted yesterday which means that the ruling coalition has no legitimacy, at least in this formula,

he told reporters after a meeting of his Social Democrats party

The Social Democrats and the Liberals are in a very tight spot,

said Cristian Pirvulescu, a political scientist

It is very clear that there must be a government without Marcel Ciolacu because he no longer has legitimacy,

Liberal senior executive and lawmaker Robert Sighiartau told reporters outside party headquarters in Bucharest