Romanian Leader Returns for Second Act to Take On Far Right
- New government will need to cut the EU’s widest budget gap
- Romania to re-run presidential election after earlier crisis
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Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu won the vote to stay in power with the backing of a newly-formed coalition that aims to end the country’s biggest political crisis in decades.
Lawmakers in Bucharest voted 240-143 on Monday to confirm the new government, lawmaker Daniel Suciu said in an address in parliament. The decision caps a period of post-election chaos that saw a rise in support for the far right in a NATO member and the Europe Union country with the longest border with Ukraine.