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What is stalling the investiture of Romania's proposed cabinet?

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The largest party in parliament has turned against the premier-designate, with Social Democratic leader Sorin Grindeanu announcing: The Social Democratic Party took a firm, assumed, and irreversible decision today: we will not vote for the Bolojan government of a new rite, led by Siegfried Vasile Mureșan.

“The Social Democratic Party took a firm, assumed, and irreversible decision today: we will not vote for the Bolojan government of a new rite, led by Siegfried Vasile Mureșan.”

Sorin Grindeanu

Opposition on the right is digging in as well, as Alliance for the Union of Romanians leader George Simion pledged: We will not be present in committees or in the plenary, and we will not vote for a Mureșan government or whoever follows after, Nazare, because that would mean betraying the trust you placed in us.

“We will not be present in committees or in the plenary, and we will not vote for a Mureșan government or whoever follows after, Nazare, because that would mean betraying the trust you placed in us.”

George Simion

To take office, the incoming cabinet requires at least 233 votes, but the Social Democratic refusal and the right-wing boycott put the investiture in jeopardy unless enough lawmakers back it.

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Votes needed for confirmationSource: adevarul.ro · 30.09.2026

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