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Muresan Loses Confidence Vote, Falls Short of 233

By Drooid · Sep 30, 2026, 5:20 PM UTC · How we work

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Prime Minister-designate Siegfried Muresan failed to win a parliamentary confidence vote.
He received 182 votes, short of the 233 required for confirmation.
The result opens the prospect of the hard-right Alliance for Uniting Romanians (AUR) partnering with the Social Democrats (PSD).
AUR leads opinion polls with 40% support, more than double the PSD’s share.

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Prime Minister-designate Siegfried Muresan failed to win a parliamentary confidence vote.
He received 182 votes, short of the 233 required for confirmation.
The result opens the prospect of the hard-right Alliance for Uniting Romanians (AUR) partnering with the Social Democrats (PSD).
AUR leads opinion polls with 40% support, more than double the PSD’s share.