Romanian President Nicusor Dan announced Sunday that he is nominating Adrian Vestea as Prime Minister after the resignation of Eugen Tomac. File Photo by Bogdan Cristel/EPA-EFE
Romanian President Nicusor Dan nominated a new candidate, Adrian Vestea, for prime minister Sunday after the resignation of Eugen Tomac.
Vestea, a former mayor, is a member of the National Liberal Party. A former development minister, he highlighted development as a central focus.
“We are the sixth-largest country in Europe and we need to put a major emphasis on development, which I will do from day one,” Vestea said.
Vestea added that he plans to form a “political government that will undertake real reforms and keep Romania on a pro-Western path.
“Eugen Tomac resigned this morning, and under these circumstances, I am appointing Adrian Vestea as Prime Minister,” Dan posted on social media. “Neither Mr. Tomac nor I have been playing at governing. We moved in this direction following consultations with the political parties. At this point, however, it is clear that a political solution is the right one.”
Romania is facing the highest rate of inflation in the European Union and is operating at a fiscal deficit. Meanwhile it has upped its defense spending in recent years.
The Romanian government collapsed last month after a vote of no-confidence against then-Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan. The Social Democratic Party withdrew from the government coalition in April, joining the call for a motion on a vote of no confidence.
