{"id":10384,"date":"2026-05-28T08:01:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T08:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=10384"},"modified":"2026-05-28T08:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T08:01:15","slug":"romanias-usr-rejects-reports-of-government-negotiations-with-social-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=10384","title":{"rendered":"Romania\u2019s USR rejects reports of government negotiations with Social Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President of Romania\u2019s reformist Save Romania Union (USR), <strong>Dominic Fritz<\/strong>, dismissed reports suggesting the party could join a government together with the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), describing the claims as \u201cdisinformation viruses\u201d aimed at destabilising the centre-right bloc formed with the National Liberal Party (PNL).<\/p>\n<p>The statement came after media outlets, including TV stations, had intensely circulated the scenario about a PSD-USR-UDMR government.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook post cited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.g4media.ro\/dominic-fritz-dezminte-zvonurile-privind-o-alianta-cu-psd-nu-dam-stabilitate-coruptilor-excludem-orice-negocieri-subterane.html?mc_cid=a014bbe029&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\" target=\"_blank\">G4media.ro<\/a>, Fritz criticised television stations for circulating rumours based on unnamed political sources regarding a possible rapprochement between USR and PSD.<\/p>\n<p>According to Fritz, the reports are intended \u201cto sow distrust and break the alignment between the two major centre-right parties, USR and PNL\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m giving you the news directly, not through sources, but from the source itself: USR is consistent with what it said before, after the PSD-AUR no-confidence motion. We will no longer be part of a government with PSD. There are no underground negotiations about this,\u201d Fritz said.<\/p>\n<p>The USR leader argued that refusing to govern alongside PSD is not an act of political rigidity but a matter of preserving the party\u2019s principles and credibility. Fritz warned that a coalition involving PSD would risk becoming merely a political fa\u00e7ade serving \u201cobscure interests\u201d, without elaborating further.<\/p>\n<p>The statement came amid prolonged negotiations over the formation of a new government following the dismissal of prime minister Ilie Bolojan through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romania-insider.com\/ilie-bolojan-government-falls-may-2026\" target=\"_blank\">a no-confidence motion<\/a> backed by PSD and the far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR).<\/p>\n<p>Speculation regarding possible governing formulas intensified in recent days as president Nicu\u0219or Dan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romania-insider.com\/president-postpones-pm-nomination-may-2026\" target=\"_blank\">delayed naming a candidate for prime minister<\/a> while parties continued discussions behind closed doors. Several media outlets reported that scenarios involving technocratic cabinets or cross-party arrangements remained under consideration, although no parliamentary majority has yet publicly emerged.<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: Inquam Photos\/Virgil Simonescu)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President of Romania\u2019s reformist Save Romania Union (USR), Dominic Fritz, dismissed reports suggesting the party could join a government together with the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), describing the claims as \u201cdisinformation viruses\u201d aimed at destabilising the centre-right bloc formed with the National Liberal Party (PNL). 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