Romanian Prime Minister Ludovic Orban announced his resignation, after the ruling National Liberal Party he leads failed to achieve its goal of scoring the best in parliamentary election Romanian Prime Minister Ludovic Orban announced his resignation, after the ruling National Liberal Party (PNL) he leads failed to achieve its goal of scoring the best in Sunday’s parliamentary election. The move is generally considered to also clear the way for his party to negotiate a future ruling alliance with other political parties. “The decision I took has a very precise objective…the negotiations to follow must lead to a government formed by the center-right political formations to clearly support Romania’s Euro-Atlantic orientation,” Orban said after announcing his resignation late Monday, Xinhua news agency reported. Although the vote counting has not yet ended, the partial results have emerged and there will be no major changes. Not only did the ruling PNL fail to get first place in the...