Mihai Tudose designated Romania's new prime ministe
27th June, 2017Category:
President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, has appointed outgoing economy minister Mihai Tudose as Prime Minister and thus paved the way for the formation of a new leftist Social-Democrat-led government in that country. The 50-year-old Tudose now has 10 days to gain the vote of confidence in his government and his programme.
The Social Democrat Party filed a no-confidence motion in ex-Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu last week, accusing him of delays in implementing reforms in the European Union's second-poorest country. Romania is the largest of the Balkan countries and has a coastline on the Black Sea. Romania got admitted into NATO and in 2007 it joined the European Union (EU).
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