Romania Heads for Minority Government After Top Party Quits

Romania’s government is on track to lose its parliamentary majority after the biggest party in the four-member coalition signaled it’ll go into opposition, risking political instability and imperiling a drive to narrow the European Union’s widest budget deficit.

The Social Democrats, the biggest party in the Romanian parliament, voted to withdraw their ministers from Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan’s cabinet on Thursday, which will leave the Liberal Party leader with a minority government. It followed unsuccessful mediation from President Nicusor Dan to salvage the pro-European alliance.