Motion of censure, rejected
The Romanian government has survived the motion of censure on the reform plans.
Mihai Pelin, 16.12.2025, 14:00
The pro-European coalition government led by liberal Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan has passed the test of a new motion of censure in Parliament. The populist, ultranationalist opposition failed to gather the 232 votes needed for the executive to be dismissed. Only 139 votes were recorded in favor and two against, given that the ruling coalition’s parliamentarians ensured the quorum for the meeting, but did not vote. The opposition criticized the executive for not having properly managed areas such as justice, health, education or public administration. At the same time, it drew attention to the fact that inflation has led to a decrease in the purchasing power of citizens, health and education are underfunded, and regional development is stagnating due to systemic incompetence. Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan rejected all the accusations, stating that reform measures were necessary. Otherwise, Romania would have lost the confidence of the financial markets.
Ilie Bolojan: “Should we have let Romania fall into a crisis? Should we have continued with spending and deepened the deficit? Should we not invest in defense and leave Romania vulnerable? The motion shows that the signatories do not understand the economic, social and geopolitical context in which we are.”
From the opposition, the president of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians George Simion told the prime minister that instead of real reform, he supports inexperienced people in the leadership of the Romanian state. George Simion: “You chose to tax greenhouses, barns and sheds, instead of getting rid of parasites from the boards of directors and the leadership of the Romanian state.”
Criticism also came from the S.O.S. Romania party. Deputy Ana Marcela Baş said: “In the Bolojan Government there are seven ministers who were part of the Ciolacu II government, which led the country to the verge of the abyss, a government that threw Romania into debt.”
In response, the parties in the ruling coalition spoke about the responsibility of governance. Social Democratic MP Alexandru Mihai Ghigiu stated that the Social Democratic ministers demonstrated what political and professional rigor means. Alexandru Mihai Ghigiu: “They did not come to hold positions, but to work. The Social Democratic ministers showed what the responsibility of governance means.”
On the other hand, another motion, this time a simple one, against Environment Minister Diana Buzoianu from Save Romania Union was adopted by the Senate, with the support of Social Democratic MPs, who voted against her, although they are part of the same governing coalition. The signatories of the simple motion called for the resignation of Diana Buzoianu, blamed for the interruption of water supply in several localities in two counties in the south of the country. However, she rejected the opposition’s accusations and showed that the simple motion is not a political document, but rather a bad movie, meant to find fabricated culprits and not solutions. She blamed local authorities for the water crisis. (LS)
