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President Dan Picks Outsider Tomac as PM-Designate After 281-Vote No-Confidence

6/5/2026

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President Nicusor Dan chose adviser Eugen Tomac, an outsider, to lead a proposed technical government.
Tomac, a European Parliament member and head of the People’s Movement Party who lacks a Romanian parliamentary seat, was nominated prime-minister-designate and given ten days to form a cabinet and secure a confidence vote.
The no-confidence motion that toppled Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan’s cabinet passed with 281 votes, exceeding the 233 needed.

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President Nicusor Dan chose adviser Eugen Tomac, an outsider, to lead a proposed technical government.
Tomac, a European Parliament member and head of the People’s Movement Party who lacks a Romanian parliamentary seat, was nominated prime-minister-designate and given ten days to form a cabinet and secure a confidence vote.
The no-confidence motion that toppled Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan’s cabinet passed with 281 votes, exceeding the 233 needed.