Romania’s government toppled in no-confidence vote
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“Romania PM Ilie Bolojan’s government toppled in no-confidence vote”
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Wikipedia explicitly states that Ilie Bolojan served as Prime Minister until his removal by a motion of no confidence on 5 May 2026. This is further corroborated by multiple web search results reporting the collapse of the government.
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— Ilie Gavril Bolojan (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈli.e boloˈʒan]; born 17 March 1969) is a Romanian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Romania from 23 June 2025 until his removal by a motion…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilie_Bolojan
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— This is a list consisting of all the heads of government of modern and contemporary Romania (i.e. prime ministers, both in full constitutional powers and acting or ad interim), since the formal unific…
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— The prime minister of Romania (Romanian: Prim-ministrul României), officially the prime minister of the Government of Romania (Romanian: Prim-ministrul Guvernului României), is the head of the Governm…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Romania
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“the left-wing Social Democratic Party (PSD), which withdrew from the coalition in late April, and the hard-right opposition Alliance for the Unity of Romanians party (AUR) submitted the motion to Parliament”
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Multiple independent web sources (Romania Insider, TASS, and other news reports) confirm that the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) filed the no-confidence motion.
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— The Social Democratic Alliance (Icelandic: Samfylkingin - jafnaðarflokkur Íslands, lit. 'The Alliance – Iceland's Equality Party') is a social democratic political party in Iceland. The party is posi…
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— The Social Democratic Party of Germany (German: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands [zoˈtsi̯aːldemoˌkʁaːtɪʃə paʁˌtaɪ ˈdɔʏtʃlants], SPD [ɛspeːˈdeː] ) is a social democratic political party in Germa…
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— The Swedish Social Democratic Party, formally the Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party (Swedish: Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti, S or SAP), usually referred to as The Social Democrats (…
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“the left-wing Social Democratic Party (PSD)... withdrew from the coalition in late April”
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Web search results specifically mention that PSD ministers resigned on Thursday, April 23, marking the party's withdrawal from the coalition.
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— The Democratic Party (Romanian: Partidul Democrat, PD; also known as Partidul Democrat-Frontul Salvării Naționale or PD-FSN for short) was a social democratic and, later on, liberal conservative polit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(Romania)
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— The Romanian Social Democratic Party (Romanian: Partidul Social Democrat Român, or Partidul Social Democrat, PSD) was a social-democratic political party in Romania. In the early 1920s, the Socialist …
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— The Social Democratic Party (Romanian: Partidul Social Democrat, PSD) is the largest political party in Romania. It is also the largest social democratic political party in the country. It was founded…
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“281 lawmakers voted in favour of the motion and four against”
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Three separate web search results (including TASS and other news outlets) explicitly state the vote count was 281 in favor and four against.
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— Ilie Gavril Bolojan (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈli.e boloˈʒan]; born 17 March 1969) is a Romanian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Romania from 23 June 2025 until his removal by a motion…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilie_Bolojan
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— This is a list consisting of all the heads of government of modern and contemporary Romania (i.e. prime ministers, both in full constitutional powers and acting or ad interim), since the formal unific…
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— The prime minister of Romania (Romanian: Prim-ministrul României), officially the prime minister of the Government of Romania (Romanian: Prim-ministrul Guvernului României), is the head of the Governm…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Romania
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Romania
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“Lawmakers from Bolojan’s centre-right National Liberal Party (PNL) and coalition partners Save Romania Union party, as well as the small ethnic Hungarian UDMR party, did not vote”
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Only one web search result explicitly mentions that lawmakers from the PNL, Save Romania Union, and UDMR did not cast votes. While the other parties' involvement is known, the specific detail about these parties abstaining/not voting is not corroborated by a second independent source in the provided evidence.
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— The National Liberal Party (Romanian: Partidul Național Liberal, PNL) is a Christian democratic political party in Romania. As of mid 2025, it is the country's third largest political party overall.
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— National Liberal Party (PNL). Save Romania Union (USR). S.O.S. Romania (SOS-RO). Party of Young People (POT). Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR). Other ethnic-minority parties.
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— Lawmakers from Bolojan’s centre-right National Liberal Party (PNL) and coalition partners Save Romania Union party, and the small ethnic Hungarian UDMR party did not cast votes. More to come…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/5/romania-pm-ilie-bolo…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/5/romania-pm-ilie-bolo…
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