George Simion seeks PSD support to suspend Romanian President Nicușor Dan

Drive for Social Democrat signatures

On Tuesday, 6 October 2026, Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) leader George Simion announced that his party is distributing signature tables to Social Democratic Party (PSD) lawmakers to initiate the formal suspension of President Nicușor Dan. AUR has registered 119 parliamentary signatures on its campaign platform, suspeND.ro, since launching the initiative on 6 August. Romanian constitutional procedure mandates a minimum threshold of 155 signatures from deputies and senators to initiate a suspension motion in parliament. Simion appealed to his followers on Facebook to contact PSD parliamentarians directly, attempting to capitalize on parliamentary frustration to reach the required number.

Simion published his call on Tuesday morning as part of a renewed effort to build a cross-party coalition against the president.

Nicușor Dan must be suspended! Today I offer all PSD parliamentarians the table for signatures. Write to them too to sign and unblock the country.

Rejection of prime ministerial nominee Luca Niculescu

The signature drive followed the announcement on Monday, 5 October, that President Dan designated Luca Niculescu, a secretary of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as prime minister. Simion refused to attend the formal consultations hosted at the Cotroceni presidential palace on Monday, stating that the president did not deserve his presence. Instead, Simion sent an AUR delegation to demand snap parliamentary elections and an immediate halt to judicial detentions. AUR rejected the nomination outright, with Simion calling Niculescu a puppet and demanding freedom for Călin Georgescu. Petrișor Peiu, the leader of AUR senators, confirmed that party legislators will completely boycott the investiture proceedings.

Peiu set out the party position regarding the designated cabinet.

We will not vote. We are not part of the Luca Niculescu government, we do not vote for the government. Nobody from AUR will vote for this government, nor will we participate in the vote.

Protracted government crisis and parliamentary numbers

The nomination of Niculescu is the fourth attempt to establish a government since the administration of Ilie Bolojan was dismissed by a parliamentary no-confidence motion on 5 May. Niculescu must form a cabinet list and gather at least 233 votes in a joint parliamentary session to gain investiture. Simion is seeking an alliance with the PSD, whose leadership under Sorin Grindeanu expressed dissatisfaction after Dan again bypassed Grindeanu for the prime ministerial mandate. In addition to the 119 lawmakers currently registered on the suspeND.ro platform, AUR recorded support from over 409,000 citizens backing the presidential removal campaign.

Constitutional grievances against the head of state

AUR published a formal list of constitutional justifications for the suspension on its campaign portal. The party alleges that President Dan systematically violated Article 80, Paragraph 2, and Article 103, Paragraph 1 of the Romanian Constitution by failing to fulfill his institutional role as a mediator between state powers and society. AUR contends that the president improperly sidelined the second-largest party in parliament and described it without justification as an anti-Western formation. The document also states that the head of state delayed the prime ministerial designation beyond reasonable limits, leaving executive authority in the hands of a dismissed government while refusing to cooperate with parliament.