FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 9, 2016 file photo, Dacian Ciolos gestures during an interview with the Associated Press in Bucharest, Romania. Romania's president has nominated centrist party leader Dacian Ciolos to be prime minister after a protracted political crisis culminated last week in the Liberal-led coalition government being ousted in a no-confidence vote. After a day of deliberations Monday, Oct. 11, 2021 with Romania’s political parties, President Klaus Iohannis nominated USR leader Ciolos to try to form a government. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, file)