{"id":9948,"date":"2026-04-29T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9948"},"modified":"2026-04-29T08:00:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:00:32","slug":"romanian-president-says-psd-aur-government-extremely-unlikely-after-no-confidence-motion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9948","title":{"rendered":"Romanian president says PSD-AUR government “extremely unlikely” after no-confidence motion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Political tensions continue to escalate in Romania after a no-confidence motion was filed<\/a> against the government led by Liberal (PNL) prime minister Ilie Bolojan. In a first reaction, president Nicu\u0219or Dan<\/strong> said a potential government formed by the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), which filed the motion, is \u201cextremely unlikely.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking from Croatia, where he is attending the Three Seas Initiative Summit, the president said the motion was expected amid rising tensions within the political landscape.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo things happened today (Tuesday, April 28): the motion was filed, and Parliament approved 9 billion for SAFE. We were expecting the motion – it was one of the scenarios we anticipated as tensions kept rising – but we must acknowledge the responsibility of those who voted for this component,\u201d Dan said, as quoted by Biziday.ro<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Asked whether he supports Ilie Bolojan, the president described him as \u201ca very serious person\u201d but stressed his neutral stance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a split within the pro-European direction. I maintain my equidistance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Moreover, Nicu\u0219or Dan rejected the likelihood of a PSD-AUR government, noting that pro-European parties have ruled out cooperation with anti-Western forces.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the scenario where I will have to appoint a prime minister, I will ensure that Romania does not deviate from its European path,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The president also downplayed the possibility of early elections, calling the scenario \u201cvery unlikely.\u201d \u201cNone of the similar crises have ended with early elections. We should not consider this scenario too much,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the National Liberal Party strongly criticized the PSD-AUR move, calling it \u201ca deeply wrong and harmful path for Romania.\u201d In an official statement, the party warned that the alliance could destabilize the economy and deepen the political crisis, pointing to risks such as rising unemployment, economic slowdown, and higher borrowing costs.<\/p>\n

\u201cPSD and AUR are not only dealing a blow to reforms (\u2026), but also to political and economic stability,\u201d the party said, adding that it would not enter any future alliance with PSD and would continue to support a pro-European government led by Bolojan.<\/p>\n

The no-confidence motion, backed by more than 250 lawmakers (which represents a majority), is expected to be debated and voted on in Parliament on May 5, raising the prospect of a government collapse and a new round of political negotiations.<\/p>\n

PSD was part of the pro-European ruling coalition with PNL, Save Romania Union (USR), and the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania\u00a0(UDMR), but decided earlier this month to withdraw its support<\/a> for prime minister Ilie Bolojan and exit the government<\/a> – a move that has left the current executive without a stable majority and pushed Romania deeper into political uncertainty.\u00a0Should the motion pass the Parliament vote next week, which is highly likely, the president will invite parliamentary parties to consultations, with the aim of appointing a new prime minister and forming a new government.<\/p>\n

irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n

(Photo source: Presidency.ro)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Political tensions continue to escalate in Romania after a no-confidence motion was filed against the government led by Liberal (PNL) prime minister Ilie Bolojan. In a first reaction, president Nicu\u0219or Dan said a potential government formed by the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), which filed the […]<\/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-9948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9948","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=9948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9948\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}