Romania’s leftist Social Democratic Party has withdrawn from negotiations to form a pro-European coalition government, extending political turmoil that has gripped the European Union country after a top court annulled a presidential election.

Romania’s pro-European parties settled on a governing program in a coalition that didn’t include a faction that sought deeper talks over fiscal measures to trim the European Union’s widest budget deficit.

Romania's ruling leftist Social Democrat Party (PSD) has withdrawn from government coalition talks, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said on Thursday, deepening a political crisis. Three votes to elect Romania's president and parliament descended into chaos when a little known far-right NATO critic won the first presidential round on Nov.

Romania’s political crisis deepened after the largest pro-European party abruptly withdrew from negotiations to form a coalition, opening the prospect of a weaker government to tackle the European Union’s widest budget deficit.