Overview
- Vestea lost the confidence vote on Monday when he received 189 votes, short of the 233 required to form a government.
- Only 212 of 465 MPs participated in the ballot and members of the right‑wing AUR left the chamber before the vote.
- A PNL special congress moved to expel Vestea and his supporters after he was nominated against party leader Ilie Bolojan's wishes.
- The Social Democratic Party quit the governing coalition in April, and without PSD support forming a pro‑European majority in parliament is now difficult.
- The rejection returns the task to President Dan, prolongs caretaker rule and risks delays to fiscal reforms, budget decisions and EU funding.