Romania’s Pro-EU Government Collapses Following No-Confidence Vote

Lawmakers resoundingly voted against Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan less than a year after he took office, leaving the country in a state of limbo.

Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan arrives at a parliament session ahead of a no confidence vote in Bucharest, Romania, on May 5, 2026. Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo

Romania’s pro-EU coalition government collapsed on Tuesday after lawmakers resoundingly voted against Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan less than a year after he took office, triggering a state of uncertainty in the European country.

Bolojan came to lead the minority, four-party coalition government on a promise to end one of Romania’s worst political crises since the collapse of communism behind the Iron Curtain in 1989.