Marcel Ciolacu has resigned as the Romanian prime minister after a far-right opposition leader George Simion, won the first round of the presidential election re-run.

Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu resigned his post on Monday after the candidate backed by his pro-Western coalition failed to make it to the run-off in a presidential election. His centre-left Socialists would withdraw from the coalition,

Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu tendered his resignation on Monday in the wake of Sunday's re-run of the country's presidential election. Ciolacu, a Social Democrat, told reporters he was quitting as his government's candidate,