Response from the Government to Marcel Ciolacu: “Romania was led to the fence by our wonderful economist from Buzău and his gang”

Dragoș Pîslaru, the Minister of Investments and European Projects, accused the former Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu and his ministers of “taking Romania to the fence”, and now blames the current government for the state of the country's economy. Pîslaru now asks them to at least not stand in the way of those who want to repair the disaster.

“Dozens of clueless politicians who became ministers overnight and, worse, prime ministers, mocked the public purse.
who are they There are those “smart” guys who have worked all their lives for the government and all that: they fly to Monaco in private jets, but I can't find the invoices anymore; they take their Rolex off their wrist and hide it in their pocket when they go out for press conferences; they drive 100,000 Euro cars, rented from the “ex” wife's company; they take their vacations in luxury resorts with their mistresses, whose companies are subscribed to the public purse”, writes Dragoș Pîslaru in a post on Facebook, alluding, among others, to Marcel Ciolacu and his successor at the head of the PSD, Sorin Grindeanu.

“At least you have the decency and common sense not to get in the way”

Pîslaru claims that these “Habanists” are now concerned with sabotaging Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan, although none of them want to be in his place. Regarding Bolojan's criticism of entering a technical recession, the minister believes that the recession represents “a recovery” of the economy.

“I can explain how absurd it is to complain that there is a -0.2% decrease with a seasonal adjustment to a deficit reduction of 2.6%, given that investments have taken over most of the reduction in consumption. The recession is actually a dramatic recovery of the economic growth model, and you, out of ineptitude or cunning, stand on the sidelines and shout that Romania is collapsing”, says Dragoș Pîslaru.

He accuses that Romania is now suffering the consequences of the decisions made during the time when Marcel Ciolacu was prime minister.

“No, Bolojan didn't lead Romania to the fence in the few months since he was prime minister. Romania was led to the fence as a result of the brilliant economic strategy of the governments led by our wonderful economist from Buzău and his gang of experts (…) My message to these “smart” guys is as clear as possible: if you don't want help repairing the disaster you all caused, at least have the decency and common sense to don't stand in the way of those who try”, Pîslaru concluded.

Marcel Ciolacu accuses Bolojan of “dressing” the data

In a message posted on Facebook after the announcement by the National Institute of Statistics regarding the entry into technical recession, the former PSD prime minister accuses that the data from 2024 were “made up”.

“After two years, they set the dates for 2024, turning economic growth into recession just to try to fade the economic disaster from Bolojan's mandate!”, Marcel Ciolacu begins his message.

He accuses “the grossest manipulation of Statistics, which demonstrates the desperation of the current Prime Minister”. “If yesterday, the big right-wing economic influencers claimed that they expect a small correction, today you will see headlines like “for the current decline in the economy, Bolojan is not to blame, but also Ciolacu”, says Ciolacu.

In addition, he accuses Bolojan of hypocrisy for boasting of “economic growth of 0.6% in 2025, although it has no merit”:

“Everything is based only on the advance from the first two quarters of the year – when he was just appearing at Cotroceni. The next two quarters are owed exclusively to him, and they are equivalent to the recession,” the former prime minister said. “This is the effect of Bolojan's great reforms – we cut everything, people's lives don't matter!” adds Ciolacu.