Romanian president nominates Liberal Party leader Ilie Bolojan as PM

Centrist President Nicusor Dan nominated Liberal Party leader Ilie Bolojan as Romania’s prime minister on Friday after weeks of negotiations on forming a coalition government to tackle the largest budget deficit in the European Union.

Bolojan will continue talks with four pro-European parties over cabinet appointments and fiscal measures and he is expected to ask parliament to give his government its vote of confidence next week.

The incoming government must