Romanian president nominates incumbent PM to lead new pro-European government

Romanian president nominates incumbent premier to lead a new pro-European coalition government

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00:00Incumbent Premier Marcel Ciolacu has been nominated as Romania's Prime Minister by President

00:08Claus Ioannis to lead a new pro-European coalition government on Monday.

00:13This move, which will need to be approved by lawmakers, aims to end a political crisis

00:19following the annulment of a presidential election by the top court earlier this month.

00:24In his speech, after the nod from the president, Ciolacu emphasised the urgent need for stability.

00:48Ciolacu's centre-left Social Democratic Party led the polls in the December parliamentary

00:54elections and he has been prime minister since June last year.

00:58This nomination is seen as a strategy to contain far-right nationalists.

01:03The annulment came after far-right candidates Kalin Djorgescu unexpectedly led the polls

01:09amid allegations of Russian interference.