Romania’s president reportedly postpones PM nomination amid adverse coalition arithmetic

Romania’s president Nicușor Dan is expected to designate a candidate for prime minister “by the end of next week,” B1 TV reported on May 27, citing sources familiar with negotiations that have now entered their third week without producing either a government formula or a candidate willing to publicly claim ownership of one.

While the nomination may still come soon, the formation of a stable parliamentary majority appears increasingly detached from parliamentary arithmetic itself. The same parties that voted to dismiss Liberal (PNL) prime minister Ilie Bolojan (namely PSD and AUR) continue to cooperate in Parliament on legislative matters, while simultaneously denying interest in governing together.