{"id":10019,"date":"2026-05-05T12:00:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=10019"},"modified":"2026-05-05T12:00:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:00:30","slug":"romanian-currency-hits-new-record-low-against-euro-on-day-of-no-confidence-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=10019","title":{"rendered":"Romanian currency hits new record low against euro on day of no-confidence vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romania\u2019s currency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bnr.ro\/583-euro\" target=\"_blank\">hit a new all-time low<\/a> on Tuesday, May 5, the day the Parliament was scheduled to vote on the no-confidence motion against the government, as political uncertainty continues to weigh on financial markets. The exchange rate reached RON 5.218 per EUR, up from RON 5.199 recorded a day earlier by the National Bank.<\/p>\n<p>The RON has been on a steady downward trend in recent weeks, weakening by around 2.5% over the past two weeks after remaining relatively stable at around RON 5.09 per euro since the beginning of the year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zf.ro\/zf-24\/cursul-valutar-urcat-marti-maxim-istoric-5-218-lei-euro-fondul-unei-23144477\" target=\"_blank\">Ziarul Financiar<\/a> noted.<\/p>\n<p>The impact of the no-confidence motion and the potential fall of the government has reportedly already been partially priced in by markets. However, ongoing uncertainty over the formation of a new ruling coalition and the appointment of the next prime minister continues to fuel volatility.<\/p>\n<p>On the interbank market, the exchange rate hovered around RON 5.219 per EUR at midday, before climbing above RON 5.22 later in the day.<\/p>\n<p>The previous record had been set on May 8, 2025, when the leu weakened to RON 5.12 per EUR following the resignation of then-prime minister Marcel Ciolacu, shortly after the first round of the repeat presidential elections.<\/p>\n<p>irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n<p>(Photo source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/\">Ruletkka\/Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romania\u2019s currency hit a new all-time low on Tuesday, May 5, the day the Parliament was scheduled to vote on the no-confidence motion against the government, as political uncertainty continues to weigh on financial markets. The exchange rate reached RON 5.218 per EUR, up from RON 5.199 recorded a day earlier by the National Bank. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10019\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}