Romania’s PM resigns after far right wins first round of presidential vote | Elections News

Move comes after Marcel Ciolacu’s pro-EU coalition candidate fails to advance to the presidential run-off.

Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has resigned, a day after a far-right opposition leader won the first round of the presidential election rerun and his own candidate crashed out of the race.

Ciolacu said on Monday that his centre-left Social Democratic Party (PSD) would withdraw from the pro-Western coalition – effectively ending it – while cabinet ministers will stay on in…