Romania’s PM-designate Adrian Vestea fails to get his own party’s support

Romania’s new prime minister-designate Adrian Vestea, announced by president Nicușor Dan in a move declared by Liberal (PNL) leader Ilie Bolojan as a “hostile action”, failed to secure the support of his own Liberal Party. In a prolonged meeting and after repeated internal votes on June 15, the Liberal leadership decided for the fourth time not to form a ruling coalition with the Social Democrats (PSD), not to back a potential government formed by Vestea, and to exclude all members who would accept or vote for a nomination in a government without prior endorsement from their own party.

“The PNL position regarding Nicusor Dan's nomination has been clarified: PNL will not support the appointment of such a government, considering both the manner in which this nomination was made and the violation of the spirit of parliamentary democracy,” said PNL president Ilie Bolojan.