- 3d ago
Oana Gheorghiu says President Nicușor Dan 'made a mistake' nominating Adrian Veștea as premier without PNL consultation
Romania's interim deputy prime minister Oana Gheorghiu described President Nicușor Dan's nomination of Adrian Veștea for prime minister as an error driven by internal party information, speaking on Digi24's 'În fața ta' on 11 July 2026.
- Jul 6
PSD's Pucheanu: 'We want to change the bride, not divorce' PNL coalition
Ionuț Pucheanu, PSD vice-president and mayor of Galați, said the party is open to a new governing coalition with PNL, but wants Ilie Bolojan replaced as prime minister, comparing the situation to a marriage where only the bride needs changing.
- Jul 1
Bucharest court suspends PNL extraordinary congress decision, restoring old leadership as faction fight deepens
The Bucharest Tribunal provisionally suspended the National Liberal Party's June 19 decision to call an extraordinary congress, handing a victory to dissident members fighting Ilie Bolojan's leadership overhaul.
- Jun 29
Băsescu: Romania's government deadlock to persist until autumn as parties dodge early elections
Former president Traian Băsescu says Romania's political crisis will not be resolved before autumn, as all major parties and the president avoid triggering early elections while the country remains without a legitimate government.
- Jun 29
Romania's Supreme Defence Council convenes amid political tensions to set NATO summit objectives and approve 2027 external missions
President Nicușor Dan convened the Supreme Council for National Defence on Monday at 15:00 amid a political standoff with Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan, with the agenda focused on Romania's objectives for the 2026 NATO Summit in Ankara and the deployment of forces abroad in 2027.
- Jun 28
Călin Georgescu accuses TV station of censorship in tense on-air row with former supporter Anca Alexandrescu
A live interview on Realitatea Plus descended into confrontation as former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu accused moderator Anca Alexandrescu, once a vocal backer, of backing the wrong government and having his past statements censored by her station.
- Jun 28
AUR senator says early elections only way out of Romania's political crisis, accuses president of overreach
Senator Petrișor Peiu, the AUR's parliamentary leader, has predicted a fragile PSD government led by Sorin Grindeanu will win investiture, while arguing that only early elections can break the deadlock and accusing President Nicușor Dan of overstepping constitutional bounds.
- Jun 28
Romania's PNL rebels challenge party congress in court as leadership accuses them of 'sabotage'
Four new lawsuits filed at the Bucharest Tribunal seek to suspend and annul the decisions of the June 21 Extraordinary Congress, deepening a factional war that could weaken the main centre-right force.
- Jun 27
PNL's Motreanu floats ironic scenario naming PSD's Toma premier, drawing rebuke from Manda amid Romanian government deadlock
PNL first vice-president Dan Motreanu published an ironic scenario on Saturday imagining President Nicușor Dan appointing PSD's Constantin Toma as premier without party consent, echoing the failed Veștea designation.
- Jun 27
PSD's Vasilescu: Grindeanu government would pass with UDMR backing, using Veștea votes as a starting point
PSD vice-president Lia Olguța Vasilescu stated Saturday that a monocolor government led by Sorin Grindeanu could secure parliamentary investiture if UDMR joins the social democrats, building on the 189 votes the Veștea cabinet received.
- Jun 23
Romania's PNL begins expelling members who backed failed Veștea government
Romania's National Liberal Party (PNL) meets on June 23 to formalize the expulsion of up to 21 lawmakers and local leaders who defied the party line and voted for the investiture of the Cabinet led by Adrian Veștea. The government was rejected in parliament, falling short of the needed majority.
- Jun 23
Romania's parliament rejects Vestea, prolonging 47-day government void
Adrian Vestea, nominated by President Nicusor Dan on 14 June, received 189 votes in the 465-seat legislature, 44 short of the 233 majority needed, after the far-right AUR walked out. The defeat extends a political vacuum that began when Ilie Bolojan's government fell on 5 May.
- Jun 22
AUR refuses to back Veștea government, says pressure from president and PSD would destroy the party
AUR senators will not support Adrian Veștea's cabinet, leader Petrișor Peiu said on Monday, accusing President Nicușor Dan and PSD of trying to force the party into a vote he claims would be self-destructive.
- Jun 22
Romania's PM-designate Veștea names Florin Zaharia as EU funds minister, warns of PNRR delays
Romania's designated prime minister Adrian Veștea announced Florin Zaharia as his pick for Minister of Investments and European Projects, warning that delays in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan risk budget pressure.
- Jun 21
Ilie Bolojan re-elected as PNL president on a mandate of reform, while party sends ultimatum to five members including prime minister-designate
Romania's National Liberal Party (PNL) reconfirmed Ilie Bolojan as its leader at an extraordinary congress on 21 June, adopting a resolution that sharpens its centre-right course and excludes a future coalition with the Social Democrats.
- Jun 21
Lucian Bode refuses to resign after PNL congress demands exit of five senior members
Former PNL secretary general Lucian Bode refused to resign Sunday after the party's congress demanded he and four other senior members leave, accusing him of responsibility for a grave financial situation. Bode called the ultimatum a sanctioning of critical voices and insisted all campaign spending in 2024 was transparent and approved by authorities.
- Jun 21
Romania’s PNL offers president two minority government paths to break political deadlock
PNL leader Ilie Bolojan, freshly reconfirmed by the party’s extraordinary congress, presented President Nicușor Dan with a choice between a PSD-led or a PNL-USR-UDMR minority government, both tied to a six-month national pact.
- Jun 21
PSD to decide today on entering Veștea government, demands minimum wage hike and pension indexation
Romania's Social Democratic Party holds a National Political Council meeting today to decide whether to join the government of Prime Minister-designate Adrian Veștea, with a set of social protection and anti-austerity demands as preconditions for support.
- Jun 20
Romania's prime minister-designate puts OECD accession at centre of agenda, names Niculescu foreign minister
Designated premier Adrian Veștea called OECD membership the country's third external anchor after the EU and NATO and confirmed Luca Niculescu as his foreign minister after a meeting that also finalised the government programme.
- Jun 19
Romanian liberals call snap congress as Bolojan and Veștea clash over party direction and government fate
The National Liberal Party voted overwhelmingly to hold an extraordinary congress on June 21 amid a bitter feud between incumbent leader Ilie Bolojan and prime minister-designate Adrian Veștea, with the party's statute rewritten to centralise authority and the government investiture hanging in the balance.
