President seeks new prime minister as Mureșan cabinet falls
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President Nicușor Dan will propose a new prime minister on Monday after Siegfried Mureşan’s cabinet failed to pass in parliament. The proposed government received only 182 votes, with the Social Democrats (PSD) and the far-right AUR refusing their support; the President has since ruled out an early election or any role for AUR in the next administration. He is now urging parties to find a solution that can actually pass, suggesting a government centered on the PSD might bring a necessary, if uninspiring, clarity to the political deadlock.
The timing is delicate: S&P is due to publish a new evaluation of the country’s credit rating on October 2nd. While the government claims it has met its indicators, it admits that national resources are increasingly consumed by interest payments. Experts warn that losing investment-grade status could worsen a domestic credit environment already described as a financial apocalypse for heavily indebted households.
Elsewhere, the anti-mafia prosecution office has detained a local USR vice-president for alleged export violations involving a machine destined for Belarus and ties to Russian citizens. Meanwhile, the launch of the TollRo road tax app went about as well as the cabinet vote: the system crashed just hours after its release, leaving drivers unable to pay.