site.btaSave Romania Union Says It Will Continue Supporting Prime Minister Bolojan Amid Political Tensions

The Save Romania Union (USR) will continue to back Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan during the ongoing political standoff, and its ministers will stay in the government, party leader Dominic Fritz said on Tuesday at an extraordinary press conference streamed live online.

The statement came after the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the largest party in the ruling coalition, decided to withdraw its support for Bolojan.

Fritz called the PSD’s move "a cynical, grotesque spectacle" and said the party was deluding itself if it still believed it could single-handedly dictate Romania’s political course, likening it to "a cat seeing itself as a lion in the mirror."

"We want to assure all Romanians that we are not walking away. The ministers will continue work on reforms to secure the absorption of funds under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan," he said. Fritz also said he had a mandate to hold formal talks with the National Liberal Party, followed by discussions with other parties and President Nicusor Dan. He also plans to meet Bolojan.

He made it clear that USR will no longer negotiate with the PSD on forming a new cabinet if such talks risk bringing down the current government through a no-confidence vote. "What guarantee would we have that the PSD would not betray us again and again? For now, this Government is still in place, and the PSD must explain how it plans to govern Romania. We remain at our posts," Fritz said.

On the prospect of early elections, the USR leader said this was a less likely scenario but could be a "legitimate solution" if a stable coalition cannot be formed.

On the prospect of a rotating premiership, Fritz said this was unlikely under the current circumstances.

The Government, which took office in June 2025, also has the backing of national minorities. Under the coalition agreement, the premiership is due to rotate in April 2027, when a Social Democrat is expected to assume the post.

However, the PSD signalled in late 2025, after a series of disputes with its partners, that it would decide whether to stay in the coalition. The party’s main grievance with Bolojan concerns austerity measures and what it calls a "lack of genuine dialogue" within the ruling alliance.

On Monday evening, Bolojan reiterated that he does not intend to resign.