BUCHAREST—Romania’s designated Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos failed to win a parliamentary vote of confidence for his centrist minority cabinet on Wednesday, extending a political stalemate.
Romania, one of the European Union’s poorest states, has been in political paralysis since a liberal-led cabinet was toppled by Parliament on Oct. 5, threatening the economic recovery from the pandemic and efforts to cut twin deficits at a time of rising energy prices.
