Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has resigned and his Social Democrat party is to leave the government after a right-wing nationalist candidate won the first round of the presidential election.

Marcel Ciolacu came to power earlier this month per a planned rotation within the ruling coalition, as the leader of the center-left Social Democratic Party took office during a tense political ...

Reuters Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu speaks to the media, during the first round of the presidential election, in Bucharest, Romania, May 4, 2025. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu ...

Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, of the Social Democratic Party, came out ahead in the exit poll, which was published as polls closed at 19:00 GMT on Sunday.

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu announced his resignation Monday, a day after the governing coalition's joint candidate failed to advance to the runoff in the ...

Romania's Family and Youth Minister Gabriela Firea has resigned, the second member of Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu's leftist-led government to become a casualty of a national scandal over ...

Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu attends a press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany July 4, 2023. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo Purchase ...

BUCHAREST, June 15 (Reuters) - The government of new Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu won a parliamentary confidence vote on Thursday, as the ruling coalition maintained a rotating ...

Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu in Bucharest, December 23, 2024. VADIM GHIRDA / AP Romania has a new government, composed largely of the same players as the previous team.

Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu in Berlin, Germany, July 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Romania’s Marcel Ciolacu in Jerusalem.

Partial preliminary results in Romania's presidential vote give Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu a narrow lead, but a surprisingly strong showing by pro-Russia candidate Cailin Georgescu has thrown ...