Key facts
- President Nicușor Dan appointed MEP Eugen Tomac as prime minister.
- Tomac is tasked with forming a technocratic government.
- The appointment aims to resolve political disarray and economic anxiety.
- Romania's centrist coalition government collapsed a month prior.
- Tomac has 10 days to assemble a cabinet and gain parliamentary approval.
Romania's President Nicușor Dan has appointed European Parliament member Eugen Tomac to lead a technocratic government, seeking to end weeks of political instability and economic anxiety after the collapse of the country's centrist coalition.
Dan designated Tomac, a liberal Renew Europe MEP, as prime minister, stating that no party leaders in the fractious parliament could form a stable administration. He emphasized the need for an independent outsider to steer Romania in a pro-Western direction and preserve financial stability.
Tomac, a former historian and journalist, has advised Dan on diaspora affairs. He now has 10 days to assemble a cabinet of specialists and present a government program to parliament for approval. He described the incoming administration as a "technical government, not a political one."