EU Elections Deliver Double Blow to Romania’s Ruling Party

Liviu Dragnea, the leader of The Social Democratic Party, in Bucharest, Romania, on Sept. 21, 2018. Florin Chirila/The Epoch Times

Following a massive no-confidence vote on May 26 for the ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD), the Supreme Court of Romania sentenced its leader Liviu Dragnea to 3 1/2 years in prison for abuse of power.

Dragnea, who is also speaker of the lower house of Parliament, appealed the initial verdict in 2018. He had a previous conviction in a vote-rigging case.