Romania still without a government invested
The government proposed by the Prime Minister-designate, the Liberal Adrian Veştea, has failed to get Parliament approval
Roxana Vasile, 23.06.2026, 14:00
189 votes out of 233 needed… The government proposed by the Prime Minister-designate, the Liberal Adrian Veştea, on Tuesday failed to get Parliament endorsement, nearly two months since the sacking through a no-confidence vote of the cabinet headed by his PNL colleague, Ilie Bolojan.
This has been a new abortive attempt to forge an Executive, after the presidential advisor, Eugen Tomac, also failed to muster a Legislature majority. However, unlike him and fully aware of a resounding failure, Tomac refused to go in Parliament and stepped down before making public his ministerial team and the ruling programme.
Nominated by President Nicușor Dan to form a government, until Tuesday Adrian Veștea was confident of his success. He wasn’t fully endorsed by his own party, the PNL, which blamed the president for having not briefed them upon his choice.
He also failed to get support from the USR and UDMR, parties that jointly with the PNL are part of the sacked government headed by Ilie Bolojan. However, the failure has been blamed on the nationalists from the AUR, the second biggest party in Parliament, on whose support Veştea relied, but who preferred to leave the hall right before the voting started.
President Dan has repeatedly said he will not accept a government, with the AUR as part of, underlying that his main ‘red line’ in the talks on forging a new Executive is maintaining Romania’s pro-Western direction.
ʺWe had some restrictions from the President of the Republic, which are making us not to take into account for this moment a vote in favour of Adrian Veştea. Nicuşor Dan says he doesn’t agree with a government to include AUR or which is endorsed by AUR votes. We are waiting for some clarification from him…ʺ – the AUR president, George Simion says. One thing is certain though: the failure to instate a new government is maintaining the period of instability and political turmoil. The only opinion shared by all the leaders of the main Parliamentary groups is that the President must again summon all the parties for talks right away. Nicuşor Dan has to nominate another Prime Minister, which will have 10 days to forge a new cabinet and call for Parliament approval. The next Parliamentary elections are due in 2028. However, a second rejection of a government proposed might lead to early election, as under the law, the President can dismantle Parliament unless two designated Prime Ministers obtain the investiture vote.
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