Romania’s Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan is ousted from office after losing a no-confidence vote in parliament. According to multiple reports, the vote follows the departure of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the largest party in his governing coalition, which broke ranks and moved to remove him. The coalition’s collapse is attributed to tensions over austerity measures introduced to reduce Romania’s deficit. BBC reports that the PSD aligned with the far-right opposition to depose Bolojan, while other coverage focuses on the internal rupture driven by public and political resistance to the austerity programme. DW reports that Bolojan could face dismissal in the vote and later states that lawmakers have voted him out, framing the episode as the consequence of the PSD leaving the coalition and pursuing his removal. The Japan Times similarly links the downfall to PSD’s fallout with the pro-European prime minister over deficit-cutting austerity policies, and notes that Romania’s deficit is among the highest in the European Union. The government’s collapse therefore follows both the coalition break and the parliamentary action that removes the prime minister.