George Simion

Rule Changes

AUR voted against the Niculescu cabinet; the party leads opinion polls with about 40% support.

Luca Niculescu's minority government took office on October 20, when Parliament backed his cabinet 280-58 and ended 168 days of interim rule. The Social Democrats hold 11 of the 18 cabinet posts; the National Liberal Party and the ethnic Hungarian UDMR agreed to support the government for a few months without joining it.

Updated Oct 22