No-confidence motion against Ilie Bolojan’s cabinet
The opposition files new no-confidence motion.
Leyla Cheamil, 09.12.2025, 14:00
MPs from the populist opposition on Monday filed a no-confidence motion against the pro-European coalition government formed by the Social Democratic Party, the National Liberal Party, the Save Romania Union and the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania and led by the Liberal Ilie Bolojan. The motion was initiated by a parliamentary group called PEACE – Romania First and also supported by MPs from the Alliance for the Union of Romanians. Entitled “Romania is not for sale, no progressives in the government”, the motion criticises the government, saying it has been unable to manage the country’s finance, healthcare, education, social protection, judiciary and public administration. The move is seen as an attempt to remove the Save Romania Union from government. The signatories of the motion also say that the government has specialised, with a tenacity worth of a better cause, in working against its own people. They note that the Bolojan government has continued the tradition of previous governments, namely overindebtedness, with public debt going up to almost 1,085 billion lei in August, which accounts for 59.7% of GDP, 90 billion lei more than at the beginning of the year. Senator Ninel Peia:
“With each new government measure, Romanians are paying more for less. This is not just a mere failure in government, but an administration that, based on its repeated actions, has clearly chosen to be on a wrong side, against the fundamental interests of the citizens it claims to represent.”
The representatives of the ruling coalition said they would not vote for the no-confidence motion and that the opposition’s move would be unsuccessful. Senate speaker Mircea Abrudean said it did not look well for Romania for any of the parties in the coalition to withdraw. He added that Romania needs stability and sees no reason why any of the MPs in the ruling parties would vote in favour of the motion against the government. Mircea Abrudean:
“I believe Romania needs stability. I think this is precisely what the message of the people was, including the people of Bucharest who cast their votes in the byelections; they want people who do things, not merely talk about them. At the end of the day, I think this is what matters. A government supported by this strong coalition that does good things for Romania. I believe this coalition must continue to exist. The stronger the coalition, the more will the government be able to get Romania back on the right track.”
A debate and vote on the no-confidence motion are scheduled for next week, on 15th December.
